Median (range) age (years) | 74 (18–96) |
Age group (years) | |
18–38 | 47 (11.9) |
39–58 | 56 (14.3) |
59–78 | 137 (34.9) |
>78 | 152 (38.7) |
Female | 158 (40.3) |
Current smokers | 83 (21.1) |
Alcohol abuse | 38 (9.6) |
Nursing home residents | 55 (14.0) |
Previous presentation within 2 weeks | 19 (4.8) |
Antibiotics prior to presentation | 99 (25.2) |
Co-morbidities | |
Congestive cardiac failure | 80 (20.4) |
Chronic liver disease | 10 (2.5) |
Neoplasia | 54 (13.7) |
Chronic renal failure | 47 (11.9) |
Cerebrovascular disease | 74 (18.8) |
COPD | 92 (23.4) |
PEG/tracheostomy | 19 (4.8) |
Dementia/neurological disease | 52 (13.2) |
Diabetes | 87 (22.1) |
Aspiration clinically suspected | 39 (9.9) |
Antibiotic allergy | |
No allergy | 350 (89.3) |
Mild | 13 (3.3) |
Unknown severity | 21 (5.3) |
Severe | 8 (2.0) |
Severity scores | |
PSI class | |
I | 47 (11.9) |
II | 57 (14.5) |
III | 68 (17.3) |
IV | 131 (33.4) |
V | 89 (22.7) |
IV + V | 220 (56.1) |
rATS severe | 70 (17.8) |
CURB severe | 182 (46.4) |
CURB-65 severe (group 3) | 161 (41.0) |
ModBTS severe | 214 (54.6) |
Median (range) LOS (days) | 4 (1–76) |
Site of care | |
Ward | 243 (62.0) |
ICU direct | 17 (4.3) |
Outpatient | 53 (13.5) |
Another hospital (not ICU) | 14 (3.6) |
Short stay unit | 62 (15.8) |
Died in emergency department | 2 (0.5) |
ICU admission | 26 (6.6) |
Mechanical ventilation | 23 (5.8) |
Inotropes | 26 (6.6) |
Died in ICU | 8/26 (30.7) |
Died outside ICU | 29/366 (7.9) |
Died (all sites) | 37 (9.4) |
Admitted to ICU | 8/37 (21.6) |
Nursing home residents | 13/37 (35.1) |
Aged >90 years | 7/37 (18.9) |
Not for aggressive treatment | 4/37 (10.8) |
Median LOS of those who died (days) | 6.5 |
Discharge diagnosis of pneumonia | 347 (88.5) |
Readmitted within 2 weeks | 32 (8.3) |