Title: Community-acquired pneumonia in the aged and gastroesophageal reflus
Abstract:Objective To research the role of gastroesophageal reflux in pathogenesis of the aged community-acquired pneumonia by using 24h esophageal pH monitory.Methods Thirty-one patients with community-acquir...Objective To research the role of gastroesophageal reflux in pathogenesis of the aged community-acquired pneumonia by using 24h esophageal pH monitory.Methods Thirty-one patients with community-acquired pneumonia and 30 patients with non-pneumonia in the aged enrolled were tested by using 24h esophageal pH monitoring. Score of acid reflux was calculated.Results The score of acid reflux in 31 patients with community-acquired pneumonia was 34.91.The score of acid reflux of patients in control group was 5.95.There was significant difference between two groups (P0.01). Twenty-five patients with pneumonia had gastroesophageal reflux,account for 80.6%(25/31), only 5 patients had typical symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux.Conclusion GER may be one of the important pathogenesis of community-acquired pneumonia in the aged. The patients with GER in the aged with pneumonia have not mostly typical symptoms.Read More
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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