Original Research Article
Year: 2023 | Month: February | Volume: 10 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 17-24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20230204
Comparison of Demographic Profile, Clinical Features and Comorbidities in Complicated Vs Uncomplicated Young Patients of Community Acquired Pneumonia Presenting to a Tertiary Care Centre
Rameesa Batul1, Ritika Choudhary2, Ouber Qayoom3, Rohit Singh Bagal4,Yashwant Sharma3
1Senior Resident, Department of Anaesthesia, SKIMS Soura, J&K, India
2Post Graduate, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GMC Jammu, J&K, India
3Senior Resident, Department of Cardiology, GMC Jammu, J&K, India
4Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, GMC Jammu, J&K, India
Corresponding Author: Ouber Qayoom
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Much research has been conducted in recent decades to determine prognostic factors for adverse outcome in patients hospitalized for CAP, including concomitant diseases and clinical parameters on admission. There is a large body of evidence in this field in the general population, less focus was put in younger group of patients, even though several recent studies showed that there is an increasing number of hospital admissions due to CAP among patients less than 60 years old.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES: To compare demographic profile, clinical features and comorbidities in uncomplicated vs complicated young patients of community acquired pneumonia.
RESULTS:In our study mean age of hospitalisation was 48.61% as compared to 52.39% in uncomplicated hospitalisation. Our study had more females constituting 59% of total patients. Comorbidities were significantly associated with complicated hospitalisation. Chest pain (p value=0.001), fever and breathlessness was significantly present in patients with complicated hospitalisations than uncomplicated hospitalisation.
CONCLUSION: Complicated hospitalisations in young patients of community acquired pneumonia is associated with certain specific demographic and clinical parameters and comorbidities which are different from those in uncomplicated patients
Keywords: Community Acquired Pneumonia, CAP, demographic profile.
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