Research Article
A Study of Community-Acquired Pneumonias in Elderly Individuals in Bijapur, India
Table 19
Clinical presentation according to our study as well as studies conducted by Torres et al. and Kobashi et al.
| | Presenting symptoms | Our study | Torres et al. | Kobashi et al. |
| | Cough | 37 (74%) | 407 (81%) | 52 (62%) | | Expectoration | 32 (64%) | 331 (66%) | 47 (56%) | | Fever | 28 (56%) | 380 (76%) | 47 (56%) | | Dyspnea | 11 (22%) | 351 (70%) | 16 (19%) | | Pleuritic chest pain | 10 (20%) | 218 (43%) | 12 (14%) | | Altered sensorium | 8 (16%) | 130 (26%) | 7 (8%) | | Gastrointestinal symptoms | 4 (8%) | 36 (8%) | 7 (8%) |
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