Patients n | 568 |
Demographic | |
Age yrs | 47.2±17.6 |
Age ≥65 yrs | 110 (19.4) |
Male | 301 (53.0) |
Current smoking | 214 (37.9) |
Current alcohol abuse | 71 (12.6) |
Previous antibiotic | 139 (25.0) |
Influenza vaccine | 97 (19.6) |
Pneumococcal vaccine | 25 (5.1) |
Comorbidity | 185 (32.6) |
Chronic respiratory disease | 125 (22.0) |
Neurological disease | 38 (6.7) |
Diabetes mellitus | 30 (5.3) |
Chronic cardiovascular disease | 15 (2.6) |
Chronic liver disease | 15 (2.6) |
Chronic renal disease | 4 (0.7) |
Bacteraemia | 21 (5.8)# |
Multilobar infiltration | 36 (6.5) |
Pleural effusion | 30 (6.2) |
PSI | |
I–III | 551 (97.0) |
IV | 17 (3.0) |
CURB-65 | |
0–1 | 538 (94.7) |
2 | 30 (5.3) |
30-day mortality | 3 (0.5) |
Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%), unless otherwise stated. PSI: Pneumonia Severity Index; CURB-65: confusion of new onset, urea >7 mmol·L−1, respiratory rate ≥30 breaths·min−1, blood pressure <90 mmHg systolic or diastolic blood pressure ≤60 mmHg, and age ≥65 yrs. #: percentage was calculated in patients with blood culture (n=362).