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- Title
Pneumonia in Older Adults: Reversing the Trend.
- Authors
File, Thomas M.; Tan, James S.
- Abstract
This editorial comments on preventing community-acquired pneumonia in older adults in the United States. Fry and colleagues' study on hospitalization trends for older age groups with pneumonia is published in this issue of JAMA. Fry found hospitalization rates and the proportion of aged patients with comorbid chronic illness increased during the time period that was researched. Immunization can prevent disease, but the efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine decreases with advanced age. Influenza vaccines have been shown to be cost effective and research suggests they can reduce mortality and complications in elderly people. Strategies for preventing communicable disease include chemoprophylaxis as an adjunct to vaccination and reduction of risk factors associated with comorbid conditions.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEALTH of older people; PNEUMONIA prevention; COMORBIDITY; COMMUNICABLE diseases in old age; PREVENTIVE health services for older people; DISEASES in older people; RESPIRATORY infections in old age; DISEASE susceptibility; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2005, Vol 294, Issue 21, p2760
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1001/jama.294.21.2760