FEATURES OF SEVERE COURSE AND FATAL OUTCOMES OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA AT THE EXAMPLE OF KRASNOYARSK REGION
Introduction. Severe community-acquired pneumonia is one of the most important medical problemsdue to its prevalence and high mortality. A total of 705 lethal cases with severe community-acquired pneumonia for 2014-2017 were analyzed on the Krasnoyarsk territory. Aim. To determine the risk factors for the development of deaths in severe community-acquired pneumonia in the Krasnoyarsk territory over a given period. Results. When analyzing patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia, the prevalence of men was found - 461 cases, the average age of the patients was 62 years old. After analyzing patients' adherence to smoking, injecting drug use, alcohol abuse, it was found out that 180 patients smoked (25.53±1.64%), 177 (25.1±1.6%) patients abused alcohol, 58 injected drugs (8.2±1.0%). In 75.18±1.63% cases, bilateral lung lesions were recorded. Almost half (53.76%) of patients had comorbidities: chronic diseases of the cardiovascular system in 30.21%, chronic lung diseases in 15.46%, diabetes in 8.79%, chronic viral hepatitis and liver cirrhosis 4.54%, HIV infection in 6.81%. In patients aged 18-44 years, HIV infection, chronic viral hepatitis, and liver cirrhosis were more common. Starting at the age of 45, chronic diseases of the cardiovascular system were more frequently recorded. As a result of the analysis of patient management, it was found out that along with an underestimation of the severity of the condition, antibiotic therapy, which corresponds to the clinical guidelines, was prescribed only in 53% of cases. Conclusion. It is important in the supervision of patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia to assess all risk factors, as well as analyze the comorbidities which will lead to the correct choice of therapy in accordance with clinical guidelines.