Research Article

A Study of Community-Acquired Pneumonias in Elderly Individuals in Bijapur, India

Table 20

Vital signs noted in our study as well as in study conducted by Kobashi et al.

Vital signsPresent studyKobashi et al.

Temperature >38 c34 (68%)47 (56%)
Tachypnea >24/min42 (84%)59 (70%)
Tachycardia >100/min35 (70%)58 (69%)
Hypotension <90 mmHg8 (16%)15 (18%)
Temperature <35 c1 (2%)1 (1%)