Effects of Nutritional Treatment on the Frequency of Pneumonia in Bedridden Patients Receiving Oral Care
| Autor: | Aya Yamada, Genichiro Kawakami, Mutsuo Yamaya, Jun Itoh, Masakazu Ichinose, Haruki Momma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Bedridden Persons 03 medical and health sciences Hypoproteinemia 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Pneumonia Bacterial Internal Medicine Humans Medicine Hypoalbuminemia nutritional treatment Aged Retrospective Studies Total protein oral care Nutritional Support business.industry bedridden patients prevention of pneumonia Malnutrition Mean age General Medicine medicine.disease Mean frequency respiratory tract diseases Hospitalization Pneumonia Multivariate Analysis Original Article Female 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology business |
| Zdroj: | Internal Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1349-7235 0918-2918 |
| DOI: | 10.2169/internalmedicine.2966-19 |
| Popis: | Objective Pneumonia develops in bedridden patients, even in those receiving oral care, and malnutrition is associated with the development of pneumonia. We examined the effects of nutritional treatment on the prevention of pneumonia. Patients and Methods We retrospectively examined the effects of nutritional treatment on the prevention of pneumonia by analyzing the records of bedridden patients (n=68; mean age: 68.0 years) who stayed in a hospital for 2 years or longer. Results Among the analyzed patients, pneumonia developed in 52 (76%) patients, and the mean frequency of pneumonia was 1.6 times per year during the first year of stay. In a multivariate analysis, the serum albumin level at admission in the pneumonia group was lower than that in the non-pneumonia group. The frequency of pneumonia during the second year of stay was lower than that during the first year of stay. Serum levels of albumin and total protein (TP) at one year after admission were higher than those at admission in all analyzed patients, and in all patients (n=52) and elderly (≥65 years) patients (n=31) in the pneumonia group. The proportions of patients with hypoalbuminemia ( |
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