The most common causes hospitalization of elderly patients in the infectious ward of Imam Khomeini Hospital, Kermanshah (2010- 2014)

Abstract

The elderly people a Considerable part of world populations. In this descriptive study using Counting procedure out of 201 files of hospitalized patients in infectious disease ward of Kermanshah Imam Khomeini hospital between 2010 and 2014 were studied. We studied the most common causes of infectious diseases leading to hospitalization and death rate. Data was analyzed by Spss20. Out of elderly patients were 50.7% female and 49.3% male.Death rate was 12.44%. The most Common infection and sign were pneumonia (45%) and fever (48.8%), respectively.