摘要
目的 探索老年人肺炎的临床特点。方法 将2 0 0 3年住院的38例老年人肺炎行回顾性分析。结果 高龄、基础疾病多,发病以冬春季为多,发热2 1例,咳嗽2 9例,咳痰2 6例,气急1 6例,消化道症状30例,神经系统症状1 4例,X胸片检查以支气管肺炎改变多见2 3例,CRP阳性率高。结论 咳嗽、咳痰、肺部呼吸音改变是老年人肺炎的主要表现,高热不明显,非特异性临床表现多见,CRP是反映炎症的敏感指标。
Objective To investigate the clinical characteristic of the senile pneumonia. Methods A total of 38 cases of senile pneumonia in the year of 2003 were analyzed in this retrospective study. Results Most patients in the study were older and had chronic illness. Most of them were infected in the seasons of autumn or spring, had fever (n=21), cough (n=29), expectoration (n=26), short breath (n=16), digestive tract symptoms (n=30) and positive rate of C-Reactive protein (CRP) (n=14). Conclusion Main symptoms among elder pneumonia patients were cough expectoration and cough, fever is infrequent, and also it is familiar to the nonspecific clinical symptoms, and CRP is sensitive to testify the inflammation.
出处
《临床肺科杂志》
2005年第3期341-342,共2页
Journal of Clinical Pulmonary Medicine
关键词
老年人
肺炎
senility, pneumonia
