Assessment of Management and Outcome of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Ahmed Maher Educational Hospital

Abstract

ower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among population affecting all age groups worldwide, incidence of about 20–30% in developing countries it varies in severity from non-pneumonic LRTI in young healthy adult to pneumonia or life threatening exacerbation in a patient with severe disabling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which requires admission. This study aimed at assessing the clinical characteristics, management plan and outcome of patients with LRTI admitted to Ahmed Maher Educational Tertiary Hospital. This study was a prospective observational study;started at November 2016 and ended at April 2017, where there were one hundred (100) patients who were admitted to the chest department at Ahmed Maher Educational Hospital; which is a tertiary care hospital; suffering lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI).