You are viewing the site in preview mode

Skip to main content

Table 2 Comparison of subjects who died in-hospital against those surviving to discharge

From: The association between pre-hospital antibiotic therapy and subsequent in-hospital mortality in adults presenting with community-acquired pneumonia: an observational study

  Discharged from hospital Died in-hospital  
n = 5432 n = 916
Charlson Co-morbidity Index 4 (1–14) 14 (4–23) P < 0.001
Gender
 Female 2761 (50.8%) 440 (48%) P = 0.12
 Male 2671 (49.2%) 476 (52%)
Age (mean/SD years) 71 (16) 80 (11) P < 0.001
History of MI n (%) 499 (9.2%) 137 (15.0%) P < 0.001
History of CVA n (%) 248 (4.6%) 81 (8.8%) P < 0.001
History of Congestive Cardiac Failure n (%) 733 (13.5%) 290 (31.7%) P < 0.001
History of Dementia n (%) 581 (10.7%) 178 (19.4%) P = < 0.001
History of Diabetes n(%) 1004 (18.5%) 161 (17.6%) P = 0.51
History of Liver Disease n (%) 45 (0.8%) 9 (1.0%) P = 0.64
History of Pulmonary Disease n (%) 2564 (47.2%) 405 (44.2%) P = 0.09
History of Cancer n (%) 642 (11.8%) 166 (18.1%) P < 0.001
History of Diabetes Mellitus with complications n (%) 58 (1.1%) 8 (0.9%) P = 0.59
History of Paraplegia n (%) 95 (1.7%) 27 (2.9%) P = 0.02
History of Renal Disease n (%) 740 (13.6%) 219 (23.1%) P < 0.001
History of Metastatic Cancer n (%) 208 (3.8%) 75 (8.2%) P < 0.001
History of Severe Liver Disease n (%) 18 (0.3%) 6 (0.7%) P = 0.14
Admission CURB 65 score (n = 3993; 2355 cases not documented) CURB 0: 538 (15.3%) CURB 0: 9 (1.9%) P < 0.001
CURB 1: 863 (24.6%) CURB 1: 43 (8.9%)
CURB 2: 1127 (32.1%) CURB 2: 142 (29.4%)
CURB 3: 799 (22.8%) CURB 3: 193 (40%)
CURB 4: 163 (4.6%) CURB 4: 81 (16.8%)
CURB 5: 20 (0.6%) CURB 5: 15 (3.1%)
\