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Table 6 The relationship between 30-day readmission and “pre-treatment” with antibiotics

From: The association between pre-hospital antibiotic therapy and subsequent in-hospital mortality in adults presenting with community-acquired pneumonia: an observational study

 

Readmission due to any cause

 

No

Yes

Not “pre-treated”

4118 (82.4%)

878 (82.5%)

P = 0.94

“Pre-treated”

855 (17.6%)

181 (17.5%)

 

Readmission with Pneumonia

 

No

Yes

Not “pre-treated”

3877 (83.4%)

438 (83.1%)

P = 0.88

“Pre-treated”

273 (16.6%)

89 (16.9%)