65岁以上的老年人发生的肺炎,即使在抗生素发达的今天,与成人肺炎相比仍很难治,死亡率也很高。肺炎在日本的死因排第四位,因肺炎而死亡的人中老年人占92%。青年的肺炎死亡率为0,而老年人的肺炎死亡率一百年间未发生变化,一百年前Osler说“肺炎是老年之友”现在仍如此。在需要护理 Pneumonia, which occurs in the elderly over the age of 65, is still refractory to adult pneumonia and has a high mortality rate even today with the development of antibiotics. Pneumonia was the fourth leading cause of death in Japan and 92% of elderly people died of pneumonia. Young people have a pneumococcal death rate of 0, while the elderly have no change in their pneumonia mortality over a hundred years. One hundred years ago, Osler said “pneumonia is a friend of the elderly.” This is still the case. In need of care