Open AccessClinical Profile and Predictors of Outcomes in Older Inpatients with Pyelonephritis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India
Author(s) -
Gopinath Kango Gopal,
Benny Paul Wilson,
Surekha Viggeswarpu,
Sowmya Sathyendra,
Ramya Iyyadurai,
Renuka Visvanathan,
Kuruvilla Prasad Mathews
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/15964.6616
Subject(s) - hypoalbuminemia , medicine , delirium , incidence (geometry) , tertiary care , retrospective cohort study , systemic inflammatory response syndrome , mortality rate , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , sepsis , physics , optics
Pyelonephritis is a serious infection associated with significant morbidity and mortality in the elderly with an estimated annual incidence rate of around 10% from previous studies. Older people are at a higher risk for pyelonephritis due to multiple factors including structural, functional and co-existent conditions. There is very little data on the incidence, clinical features and outcomes among elderly patients with pyelonephritis in India.