Demographic characteristics | |
Age yrs | 73 (59–82) |
Male | 512 (58.4) |
Coexisting illnesses | |
Coronary heart disease | 168 (19.2) |
Renal dysfunction | 180 (20.5) |
COPD | 259 (29.5) |
Neoplastic disease | 106 (12.1) |
Diabetes | 154 (17.6) |
Clinical history | |
Fever | 601 (68.5) |
Chills | 291 (33.2) |
Clinical findings | |
Confusion | 67 (8.4) |
Respiratory rate breaths·min−1 | 20 (16–25) |
Systolic blood pressure mmHg | 133 (120–149) |
Heart rate beats·minute−1 | 95 (82–108) |
Body temperature °C | 38.1 (37.3–38.9) |
Rales | 599 (70.6) |
Laboratory findings during hospitalisation | |
Initial albumin level g·L−1 | 35 (31–39) |
Peak creatinine levels | 90 (71–113) |
Peak white blood cells | 12.9 (9.9–17.3) |
Peak procalcitonin | 0.67 (0.20–3.65) |
Peak C-reactive protein | 179 (105–264) |
Peak proADM | 1.2 (0.8–1.9) |
Initial severity assessment | |
PSI class 1/2 | 263 (30.0) |
PSI class 3 | 187 (21.3) |
PSI class 4 | 322 (36.7) |
PSI class 5 | 105 (12.0) |
Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or n (%). COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; proADM: pro-adrenomedullin; PSI: Pneumonia Severity Index. #: n = 877.