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Yes, it is. We read with great interest the article by Kaplan et al¹ on pneumonia in elderly patients, and we would like to present data that allow one to conclude, 100 years after William Osler, that pneumonia is really the old man's friend.^1-3

We present data obtained on 1803 elderly patients consecutively admitted to our Acute Care for the Elderly Medical Unit (ACE-MU) in Brescia, Italy, during a 15-month period. Admission to the ACE-MU is mainly through the emergency department (82%). We have compared the characteristics and the survival at 6 months of inpatients admitted with pneumonia and inpatients with acute noninfectious conditions (eg, gastroenteric bleeding, dehydration, delirium, heart failure, and stroke).

A multidimensional evaluation, including information on demographics (ie, age, sex, education, living site prior to admission and after discharge, living conditions, and caregiver or formal support availability), cognitive and affective status, physical health, functional abilities, and social . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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