Toshihiro Higashikawa, Toru Ito, Tomohiko Ito, Takuro Mizuno, Keiichirou Ishigami, Kengo Kuroki, Naoto Maekawa, Daisuke Usuda, Michiteru Yoshida, Takuro Morita, Kazu Hamada, Hiroshi Yano, Kento Takeshima, Takatoshi Haraguchi, Shinya Yamada, Sohsuke Yamada, Tomoyuki Ushimoto, Ryusho Sangen, Toshihide Izumida, Jun Kiyosawa, Taisuke Ono, Masaharu Iguchi, Yukihiro Wato, Takeshi Nakahashi, Yuji Kasamaki, Akihiro Fukuda, Tsugiyasu Kanda, Shigeto Morimoto, Masashi Okuro
AIM: Whether serum concentration of procalcitonin (PCT), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and albumin (Alb) have an association with the outcome of hospitalized older patients is unclear. We investigated clinical outcomes and any predictive factors in hospitalized Japanese older patients with a risk of infection. METHODS: In the retrospective study, 820 Japanese patients were followed up for 30 days or until death. During the observation period, 656 patients survived and 164 patients died...
May 1, 2024: Geriatrics & Gerontology International