To Study the Percentage of Different Risk Factors and Clinical Features of Non‐Resolving Pneumonia in Hospitalized Adult Patients

Abstract

The microscopic air sacs called alveoli, which are distributed throughout the lungs, are mostly affected by pneumonia, an inflammatory disease of the lungs. About 450 million people worldwide are thought to be impacted by it and 4 million deaths are attributed to it annually. Finding out the relative frequency of different clinical traits and risk factors linked to persistent pneumonia in adult hospital patients was the aim of this study. Pulmonary medicine is the focus of the VSS Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), where this study was conducted. With a bed capacity of one thousand, this tertiary care hospital is located in western Odisha. The study project was completed between October 2016 and September 2018. The investigation was carried out in a hospital environment as a prospective observational research project. Out of the 29 individuals that participated in the study, 80% were between the ages of 31 and 60. Ten patients (34.5%) were female and 19 patients (65.5%) were male. There were around 1.8 men for every woman. Table 1 lists the individuals who first reported with conventional lower respiratory tract infections. The patients associated with the risk factors that made up the entire sample of 29 patients are shown in Table 1. Table 2 displays the frequency of risk factors relative to the research population. Our research indicates that the rate of delayed recovery among alcoholics is 1.5 times higher than that of non‐alcoholics. Similarly, the probability of smokers having a delayed recovery is 4.57 times greater than that of nonsmokers. Individuals with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease were 1.7 and 3.7 times more likely, respectively, to have a recovery that was delayed. Individuals with pulmonary tuberculosis and chronic lung diseases are around 1.5 and 3 times more likely, respectively, to exhibit a delayed recovery.