title: [Pneumonia in the elderly. Patients living at closed institutions and risk classes].
abstract: The residence and underlying diseases could be increase the severity and risk in the pneumonia in the elderly patient.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  To analyse demographics qualities and mortality in elderly inpatients with pneumonia, in relation with kind of residence, and to determine the risk classes distribution.
  
  
  METHODS
  Were studied inpatients with 65 years old or more, with pneumonia in a period of 12 months, taking demographics values and underlying diseases, including each patient in a risk class (II to V).
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and three patients were studied (78.5 years mean age-SD 7.16), 67 males and 36 females, 80% includes in high risk classes, with 15.5% mortality. 17.5% were home nursing, older (82.7 years mean age-SD 5.72-) (p < 0.002), predominantly females and in high risk classes, and with lower length of hospital stay.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia was high risk. Home nursing was older, more risk and lower length of hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neumología, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Ctra. De Madrid Km. 114, 45600 Talavera de la Reina, Toledo. jmruiz@separ.es
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Oña Lacasta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez Fernández
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Celdrán Gil
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors