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Pneumonia hospital deaths fall as care imrpoves, figures show
A study carried out by the Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust and the British Thoracic Society has found that hospital deaths from pneumonia has fallen by 14 per cent between 2009 and 2014.
The study suggested the fall in deaths were a result of key improvements in hospital care for community-acquired pneumonia – such as earlier diagnosis and treatment.
The research involved analysing data from 23,315 UK admissions for community-acquired pneumonia to calculate the number of deaths within 30 days of arrival in hospital
The data also identified an 11.5 per cent increase in the proportion of adults who received their first dose of antibiotics within four hours of being admitted to hospital.
Professor Wei Shen Lim, consultant respiratory specialist at Nottingham University Hospitals, said: “This fall in pneumonia deaths within 30 days of admission is very encouraging and suggests that local NHS hospitals have put in place measures to improve diagnosis, treatment and care.
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