Factors of importance for the long term prognosis after hospital treated pneumonia.

JU Hedlund, AB Ortqvist, ME Kalin, F Granath - Thorax, 1993 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND--Elderly patients admitted to hospital for community acquired pneumonia
have a high risk of recurrence of pneumonia and of death during the years after discharge …

Hypoalbuminemia in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia

JU Hedlund, LO Hansson… - Archives of Internal …, 1995 - jamanetwork.com
Background: Hypoalbuminemic patients admitted to the hospital for community-acquired
pneumonia have increased mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study was to investigate …

Respiratory tract colonization and infection in patients with chronic tracheostomy. A one-year study in patients living at home.

R Harlid, G Andersson, CG Frostell… - American journal of …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
The high rate of complications, especially respiratory tract infection (RTI), reported in
patients with chronic tracheostomy (CT) has discouraged physicians from using this method …

Sequential changes of inflammatory and nutritional markers in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

LO Hansson, JU Hedlund… - Scandinavian journal of …, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
Hansson LO, Hedlund JU, Örtqvist ÅB. Sequential changes of inflammatory and nutritional
markers in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1997; 57 …

Risk of pneumonia in patients previously treated in hospital for pneumonia

JU Hedlund, ÅB Örtqvist, ME Kalin, J Giesecke… - The Lancet, 1992 - Elsevier
Although elderly patients who are admitted to hospital for any disease have a higher risk of
pneumonia subsequently, whether those treated in hospital for pneumonia are at even …

Antibody response to pneumococcal vaccine in middle-aged and elderly patients recently treated for pneumonia

JU Hedlund, ME Kalin, AB Örtqvist… - Archives of internal …, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
Background: A substantial proportion of patients admitted to the hospital for pneumonia
have been treated in a hospital during the preceding 4 to 5 years, and patients previously …

Respiratory Tract Colonization and Infection in Patients with Chronic Tracheostomy

SF Welbel, R Harlid, G Andersson… - Infectious Diseases in …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
To describe the respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in patients living at home with chronic
tracheostomies (CTs), the authors followed the bacterial colonization patterns of the upper …