PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Priya Daniel
AU  - Mark Woodhead
AU  - Sally Welham
AU  - Tricia M Mckeever
AU  - Wei Shen Lim
TI  - Mortality reduction in adult community-acquired pneumonia in the UK (2009–2014): results from the British Thoracic Society audit programme
AID  - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208937
DP  - 2016 Nov 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 1061--1063
VI  - 71
IP  - 11
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/71/11/1061.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/71/11/1061.full
SO  - Thorax2016 Nov 01; 71
AB  - Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of death in the UK. In this analysis of 23 315 cases from the British Thoracic Society national CAP audit, an overall reduction in 30-day inpatient mortality over 6 years was observed—2014 compared with 2009 adjusted OR 0.86 (95% CI 0.68 to 1.08, p for trend 0.004). Significant increases in the proportions of patients who had (a) a chest X-ray and (b) the first antibiotic dose within 4 hours of admission were also observed (3.7% and 11.5% increases respectively). Further reductions in mortality may follow the 2016 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Pneumonia Quality Standard.