Pneumonia at the Philadelphia General Hospital, 1936–1946

Abstract

IN RECENT years pneumonia has rapidly become less important as a cause of death. There has been a sharp decline in admission of patients with pneumonia in most hospitals and recent studies on the effectiveness of modern therapy of pneumonia have indicated a low case mortality. Nevertheless, at the Philadelphia General Hospital, pneumonia remains a serious problem, and the impression has been obtained that in late years the response of patients with pneumonia to specific therapy has not been so dramatic as that observed in earlier years. The present study was projected to verify this impression, and to determine if . . .