Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Mar 2009
[Factors associated with prolonged hospital stay in community-acquired pneumonia].
The length of hospital stay in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) varies considerably, even though this factor has a great impact on the cost of care for this condition. The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with prolonged hospitalization in these patients (>8 days). ⋯ Several factors that were independently associated with longer hospital stay in adult patients with CAP. These factors should be considered when evaluating the adequacy of the duration of hospitalization in a specific center and when designing future studies investigating new strategies to reduce the length of hospital stay.