Necrotising pneumonia outcomes and management during hospitalisation
| Summary statistics | Subjects | |
| Hospital management | ||
| Length of stay days | 12 (9–17) | 80 |
| Length of fever days | 6 (3–9) | 71 |
| Length of total antibiotic therapy days | 28 (20–40) | 80 |
| Intensive care unit duration days | 4 (2–10) | 25 |
| Length of pleural drainage days | 6 (4.5–9.5) | 63 |
| Length of follow-up days | 174 (77–360) | 63 |
| Procedures performed for patients with pleural effusion | ||
| Thoracentesis | 16 (23) | 69 |
| Radiologically guided pigtail catheter placement | 41 (59) | 69 |
| Chest tube placed | 32 (46) | 69 |
| Thrombolysis | 17 (25) | 69 |
| Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery | 12 (17) | 69 |
| Partial lung resection | 1 (1) | 69 |
| Open thoracotomy / pleural decortication | 3 (4) | 69 |
| Chest drainage only | 47 (68) | 69 |
| Chest drainage and surgery | 16 (23) | 69 |
| Thoracentesis only | 6 (9) | 69 |
| Complications | ||
| Intensive care unit required | 25 (31) | 80 |
| Bronchopleural fistula | 10 (13) | 80 |
| Re-admissions | 8 (10) | 80 |
| Mortality | 0 (0) | 80 |
| Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation | 1 (1) | 80 |
Data are presented as median (interquartile range), n or n (%).