Factors predicting in‐hospital mortality among patients admitted with community acquired pneumonia at a tertiary care hospital Karachi, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 328-334
Author(s):  
Nousheen Iqbal ◽  
Muhammad Irfan ◽  
Faraz Siddique ◽  
Verda Arshad ◽  
Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Mortality ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Care Hospital

Patient-related factors associated with severe heat-related illnesses in Karachi: A hospital perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Saima Kanwal ◽  
Sara Sajid ◽  
Noreen Nasir ◽  
Syed Ahsan ◽  
Aysha Almas
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Mortality ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Heat Stroke ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Hospital Perspective ◽  
The Mean

Abstract In 2015, Karachi saw its first ever epidemic of severe heat-related illnesses that resulted in an extraordinary number of hospital admissions, especially in the intensive care, for fatal heat stroke within-hospital mortality of 3.7%.We conducted this study to elucidate the patient-related factors that lead to an increase in hospital admissions with heat-related illnesses in a tertiary care hospital. It was a descriptive case series conducted in the department of medicine at the Aga Khan University in June 2015. A total of 134 patients were admitted with heat-related illnesses of which 76(56.7%) were males. The mean age of the patients was 66 ±14.5 years. Heatstroke was present in 86 (64.2%) patients, followed by heat exhaustion in 48 (35.8%) and in-hospital mortality from heat-related illnesses was 5(3.7%). Continuous...  

scholarly journals BACTERIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PROFILE OF COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1539-1543
Author(s):  
Somnath Bhattacharya ◽  
◽  
Saurav Kar ◽  
Suranjan Pal ◽  
Palash NandanDhara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Clinical Profile ◽  
Care Hospital

scholarly journals Profile and management of community acquired pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
A. Khan Maqsood ◽  
Zeb-un-nisa ◽  
I. Ali Syed ◽  
S. Kashif Sadia ◽  
Zafar Farya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Care Hospital
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