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Table 1 Clinical presentations of patients with pneumonia

From: Can clinical findings at admission allow withholding of antibiotics in patients hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia when a test for a respiratory virus is positive?

Characteristic

All patients (n = 122)

Bacterial infection (n = 77, 63%)

Bacterial/viral co-infection (n = 29, 24%)

Viral infection (n = 16, 13%)

P value

Mean age, years (SD)

69.3 (9.9)

69.9 (9.67)

68.4 (10.48)

67.4 (9.51)

0.56

Sex, n (%)

 Male

117 (95.9)

75 (97.4)

26 (90)

16 (100)

0.21

History of smoking, n (%)

 Smokers

76 (62.3)

54 (70.1)

15 (51.7)

8 (50)

0.12

Comorbidity, n (%)

 Alcohol use disorder

21 (17.2)

14 (18.2)

5 (17.2)

2 (12.5)

0.94

 Lung disease

62 (50.8)

45 (58.4)

14 (48.3)

4 (25)

0.05

 Immunosuppression

30 (24.6)

18 (23.4)

7 (24.1)

5 (31.3)

0.78

 Heart disease

46 (37.7)

33 (42.9)

9 (31)

3 (18.8)

0.15

 Mean Hgb A1C (SD)

6.29 (1.26)

6.43 (1.39)

6.09 (1.02)

6.01 (0.84)

0.3

Outcomes

 Respiratory failure, n (%)

9 (7.4)

6 (7.8)

4 (13.8)

3 (18.8)

0.29

 ICU admission, n (%)

23 (18.9)

13 (16.9)

7 (24.1)

3 (18.8)

0.7

 14-day mortality, n (%)

7 (5.7)

5 (6.5)

0 (0)

2 (12.5)

0.16

 90-day mortality, n (%)

22 (18.0)

17 (22.1)

2 (6.9)

3 (18.8)

0.19

Subjective History

 Fever, n (%)

44 (36.1)

23 (29.9)

14 (48.3)

7 (43.8)

0.17

 Cough, n (%)

79 (64.8)

45 (58.4)

22 (75.9)

12 (75)

0.18

 Shortness of breath, n (%)

82 (67.2)

58 (75.3)

22 (75.9)

12 (75)

1

 Sputum production, n (%)

42 (34.4)

23 (33.8)

12 (41.4)

7 (43.8)

0.38

 URI symptoms, n (%)

17 (13.9)

5 (6.5)

7 (24.1)

5 (31.3)

0.004

Objective Findings

 Vital signs

  Mean temperature, °F (SD)

99.13 (1.35)

99.06 (1.24)

99.46 (1.67)

99.01 (1.15)

0.51

  Mean respiratory rate, breaths/min (SD)

21.72 (12.3)

22.42 (14.97)

20.5 (3.84)

21.06 (4.12)

0.64

  Mean heart rate, beats/min (SD)

98.63 (20.8)

99.04 (21.3)

98.5 (18.7)

97.13 (21.7)

0.99

  Mean O2 saturation, % (SD)

92.2 (5.48)

92.01 (5.97)

90.41 (2.93)

90.8 (6.01)

0.32

  Mean SBP, mmHg (SD)

126.4 (24.5)

121.73 (22.75)

134.17 (21.9)

134.06 (31.6)

0.047

  Mean DBP, mmHg (SD)

74.6 (15)

72.18 (14.48)

79.66 (13.8)

76.75 (17)

0.09

Imaging findings

 Lobar consolidation, n (%)

71 (58.2)

47 (61)

16 (55.2)

8 (50)

0.64

 Multifocal consolidation, n (%)

25 (20.5)

15 (19.5)

8 (27.6)

2 (12.5)

0.48

 Pleural effusion, n (%)

20 (16.4)

12 (15.6)

2 (10.3)

5 (31.3)

0.11

 Atelectasis, n (%)

28 (23)

14 (18.1)

8 (27.6)

7 (43.8)

0.07

Laboratory values

 Mean BNP, pg/mL (SD)

347.4 (546)

56.18 (379.3)

342 (830)

348 (523)

0.11

 Mean lactate, mmol/L (SD)

2.01 (1.1)

0.28 (0.52)

1.08 (0.78)

2.2 (1.32)

0.95

 Median WBC, cells/μL (SD)

12,420 (5,800)

11,470 (5,2450)

11,730 (6,100)

8,560 (3,540)

0.005

 Mean procalcitonin, ng/mL (SD)

3.76 (14.9)

6.12 (22.3)

1.03 (1.52)

0.78 (0.94)

0.85

 Mean PSI score (SD)

99.3 (34.7)

101.6 (30.2)

90.48 (27.55)

89.93 (34)

0.18

 Troponin > 0.03 ng/ml, n (%)

41.(33.6)

25 (32.5)

11 (37.9)

5 (31.3)

0.85

  1. P values refer to the null hypothesis that the distribution of each variable does not differ between etiological groups. For continuous variables (age, A1C, vital signs, and laboratory values) a Kruskal–Wallis test was used. For dichotomous variables, a Fisher’s Exact test was used. Parentheses included represent the standard deviations of mean values. For values presented as whole numbers, parentheses represent the proportion of each respective group
  2. Abbreviations: BNP B-type natriuretic peptide, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, Hgb A1c Hemoglobin A1C, PSI Pneumonia Severity Index, SBP Systolic blood pressure, SD Standard deviation, WBC White blood cell