Risk factors for death in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Vishneva Elena Mikhailovna, Yegorova Ekaterina Aleksandrovna, Kalabina Arina Sergeevna, Redkina Victoria Pavlovna

Community-acquired pneumonia of bacterial etiology is of great epidemiological and medical significance even against the background of a changed epidemiological situation in the world due to the widespread spread of SARS-CoV-2 viral pneumonia. Despite the possibility of establishing an accurate etiological diagnosis and effective antibiotic therapy, morbidity and mortality rates associated with community-acquired pneumonia remain high. Most of the risk factors for mortality from community-acquired pneumonia have long been identified; they include conditions such as respiratory failure, the presence of certain concomitant diseases, social adaptation of patients, but there are also a number of specific points for each region. Our article was to assess local risk factors for mortality from CAP and to carry out a comparative analysis of the data with literature sources.

Keywords:community-acquired pneumonia, mortality, risk factors.