Fig 1.
Localization of participating hospitals in Miyagi prefecture, Japan.
A: a map of Japan. B: a map of Miyagi Prefecture. (1) South Miyagi Medical Center, (2) Tohoku University Hospital, (3) Tohoku Rosai Hospital, (4) Sendai City Hospital, (5) Sendai Medical Center, (6) Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital, (7) Osaki Citizen Hospital, (8) Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital. A: Sennan area, B: Sendai area, C: Osaki/Kurihara area, D: Ishinomaki/Tome/Kesennuma area.
Fig 2.
A flow chart of patients evaluated throughout the course of this study.
Fig 3.
The ratio of aspiration pneumonia to total pneumonia cases.
A: The number of hospitalized aspiration and non-aspiration pneumonia patients according to age. B: The percentages of aspiration and non-aspiration pneumonia patients in total hospitalized pneumonia patients according to age.
Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with aspiration and non-aspiration pneumonia.
Table 2.
Factors characterizing aspiration pneumonia by logistic regression analysis.
Table 3.
Characteristics of aspiration pneumonia patients with swallowing interventions.
Table 4.
Factors characterizing swallowing intervention group by logistic regression analysis.
Table 5.
The rate of normal diet intake in initially normal diet-taking aspiration pneumonia patients after swallowing interventions.
Table 6.
Pathogen distribution in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
Table 7.
Pathogen distribution in nursing- and healthcare-associated pneumonia and hospital-acquired pneumonia (NHCAP/HAP).
Table 8.
Selection of antibiotics in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
Table 9.
Selection of antibiotics in nursing- and healthcare-associated pneumonia and hospital-acquired pneumonia (NHCAP/HAP).