Community-acquired pneumonia
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with community-acquired pneumonia(CAP), the definition; 1)infiltrates consistent with CAP seen on a chest radiography, 2)clinical features consistent with CAP, 3)a strong possibility of the affection outside a hospital or long-term care facility.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)patients having difficulty in agreement due to consciousness disturbance with no key person, 2)patients with interstitial pneumonia or nontuberculous mycobacterial infections or fungal infections or pulmonary embolism or pneumothorax or pyothorax or severe heart failure 3)hospital-acquired pneumonia(pneumonia that occurs 48 hours or more after hospital admission and that was not present at the time of admission.)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 30-day and 90-day mortality rates after the admission | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Tenshindo Hetsugi Hospital Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Medicine