Table 1.
Demographic and clinical features and overall adherence to antibiotic guidelines for patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to Auckland City Hospital in the baseline, immediate, 12-month, and 24-month cohorts.
| Cohort | Baseline (n=200) | Immediate (n=237) | 12-month (n=200) | 24-month (n=200) | |||||
| Age (years), median (IQR) | 62 (46-77) | 64 (44-79) | 70 (53-82) | 67 (51-80) | |||||
| Sex, n (%) | |||||||||
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Female | 96 (48) | 139 (59) | 94 (47) | 112 (56) | ||||
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Male | 104 (52) | 98 (41) | 106 (53) | 88 (44) | ||||
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||||||||
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Asian or other | 47 (24) | 32 (14) | 41 (20) | 38 (19) | ||||
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Māori | 15 (7.5) | 29 (12) | 14 (7) | 21 (10) | ||||
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New Zealand European | 91 (46) | 121 (51) | 101 (50) | 95 (48) | ||||
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Pacific | 47 (24) | 55 (23) | 44 (22) | 46 (23) | ||||
| Chest x-ray consolidation, n (%) | 63 (32) | 77 (33) | 92 (46) | 102 (51) | |||||
| Initial diagnostic impression n (%) | |||||||||
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Pneumonia | 68 (34) | 68 (29) | 96 (48) | 93 (46) | ||||
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Lower respiratory tract infections (unspecified) | 103 (52) | 97 (41) | 59 (30) | 59 (30) | ||||
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Viral illness | 15 (7.5) | 61 (26) | 27 (14) | 28 (14) | ||||
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Bronchitis or other | 14 (7) | 11 (4.6) | 18 (9) | 20 (10) | ||||
| CURB-65 score estimated from clinical data, n (%) | |||||||||
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0-1 | 87 (44) | 102 (43) | 62 (31) | 68 (34) | ||||
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1-2 | 68 (34) | 95 (40) | 84 (42) | 70 (35) | ||||
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2-3 | 40 (20) | 34 (14) | 39 (20) | 51 (26) | ||||
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3-5 | 5 (2.5) | 6 (2.5) | 15 (7.5) | 11 (5.5) | ||||
| Length of stay (days), median (IQR) | 2.0 (1.0-4.0) | 2.0 (1.0-4.0) | 2.0 (1.0-5.0) | 2.0 (1.0-4.2) | |||||
| Adherence to antibiotic guidelines, n (%) | 46 (23) | 73 (31) | 69 (34) | 62 (31) | |||||