Demographic characteristics | |
Age yrs | 73 (58–82) |
Males | 544 (59) |
Coexisting illnesses | |
Chronic heart failure | 159 (17) |
Renal failure | 206 (22) |
COPD | 282 (30) |
Clinical findings | |
Confusion | 74 (9) |
Respiratory rate breaths·min−1 | 20 (16–25) |
Systolic blood pressure mmHg | 132 (119–148) |
Heart rate beats·min−1 | 95 (82–108) |
Body temperature °C | 38.1 (37.2–38.9) |
PSI points | 92 (68–116) |
PSI class | |
I–III | 452 (49) |
IV | 349 (38) |
V | 124 (13) |
CURB-65 points | 2 (1–2) |
CURB class | |
0–1 | 459 (50) |
2 | 306 (33) |
3–5 | 160 (17) |
Follow-up | |
Outpatient treatment | 52 (6) |
Length of stay in hospitalised patients days | 8 (5–13) |
30-day outcomes | |
Any adverse events | 134 (14.5) |
All-cause mortality | 50 (5.4) |
ICU admission | 83 (9.0) |
Disease-specific complications | 31 (3.4) |