Demographics and disease severity at admission
| sex | Admission | |||
| Male | Female | First | Re-admission | |
| Sex | 748 (53) | 622 (44) | ||
| Age | 72±9 | 71±10 | ||
| FEV1 L | 1.09±0.58 | 0.81±0.39 | ||
| 0.94 (0.66–1.31) | 0.71 (0.55–1.00) | |||
| FEV1 % pred | 40±20 | 42±19 | ||
| 35 (25–49) | 39 (28–53) | |||
| Admission Status | 400 (29) | 919 (66) | ||
| Medications recorded at the time of admission | ||||
| Inhaled bronchodilator | 285 (71) | 674 (73) | ||
| Long-acting bronchodilator | 30 (8) | 175 (19) | ||
| Inhaled steroid | 204 (51) | 597 (65) | ||
| Systemic steroid | 110 (28) | 344 (37) | ||
| One or more of the above four | 327 (82) | 845 (92) | ||
| Home nebuliser | 70 (18) | 445 (48) | ||
| Home oxygen | 23 (6) | 268 (29) | ||
| Methylxanthine | 50 (13) | 243 (26) | ||
| Antibiotic | 63 (16) | 190 (21) | ||
Data presented as n (%), mean±sd and mean (interquartile range)
2% were unknown
6% admission details were unknown
Of the 302 cases in which oxygen was reported, the type was stated as oxygen concentrator in 90 cases, and as a cylinder in 110 cases.