一、概念:终末期肺炎是指病人临终前所发生的肺炎,由于病人多处于衰竭状态,而且基础疾病严重,使肺炎的临床表现不典型或被原发病表现所掩盖,医务工作者往往也不够重视,延误了诊断.耽误了抢救的时机,常导致败血症、休克,造成病人直接或间接致死的重要原因之一。终末期肺炎目前尚未被列为独立疾病,它常是继发于其它疾病的晚期,这与一般肺炎不尽相同,以老年多见,其发病率尚不清楚,有病理资料证实的高达30～60％, First, the concept: End-stage pneumonia refers to the patient before the death of pneumonia, due to the patient in a state of exhaustion, and the underlying disease is serious, so that the clinical manifestations of pneumonia is not typical or be covered by the performance of the primary disease, medical workers often Not enough attention to delay the diagnosis delayed the timing of the rescue, often lead to sepsis, shock, causing the patient one of the important causes of death, directly or indirectly. End-stage pneumonia is not yet listed as an independent disease, it is often secondary to other diseases of late, which is not the same with the general pneumonia, more common in older adults, the incidence is not clear, with pathological data confirmed up to 30 ~ 60%