Hospitalization for pneumonia in the cardiovascular health study: incidence, mortality, and influence on longer-term survival

Article Abstract:

A study assessing the incidence of pneumonia amongst community-dwelling elderly persons is presented. The study also examines the risk factors and the mortality rates of pneumonia. The correlation of cardiovascular diseases with the risk factors for pneumonia is also examined.

Cardiovascular diseases, Complications and side effects

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Education, cognitive test scores, and black-white differences in Dementia risk

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A comparative study of dementia risks of elderly black and white race in United States is presented. Influence of factors such as education and cognitive test scores in inconsistency in reported differences between these races are also analyzed.

Comparative analysis, Dementia, Blacks

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Prospective study of fever and pneumonia after flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy in older people

Article Abstract:

A study to know whether increasing age is associated with frequency of fever and pneumonia in elderly patients who have undergone flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB), is discussed.

Aging, Fever, Hyperthermia, Aging (Biology), Bronchoscopy

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