Table 3.
Characteristics of patients at the hospitals included in an online survey, including number admitted per month, immune status and symptom severity of patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
|
UK
( N = 16) |
France
( N = 15) |
Spain
( N = 15) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean number of adult CAP patients admitted, n (SD) | |||
| In a ‘typical’ month | 85.3 (67.4) | 41.7 (30.7) | 60.8 (46.6) |
| In a ‘busy’ month | 140.9 (101.7) | 68.9 (49.6) | 126.1 (80.6) |
| Mean percentage of CAP admittances by immune status, % (SD) | |||
| Immunocompetent | 76.3% (17.7%) | 55.0% (22.8%) | 67.0% (18.1%) |
| Immunocompromised | 23.8% | 45.0% | 33.0% |
| Mean percentage of admitted CAP patients by CURB-65 [11] category, % | |||
| CURB-65 Score 0–1 | 17.9% | 28.2% | 22.8% |
| CURB-65 Score 2 | 40.2% | 33.7% | 43.9% |
| CURB-65 Score 3–5 | 41.9% | 38.1% | 33.3% |
Abbreviations: CAP Community-acquired pneumonia, CURB-65 New confusion, blood urea nitrogen (> 7 mmol/L), respiratory rate ≥ 30 breaths per minute, systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≤ 60 mmHg, age ≥ 65 years, Pneumonia Severity Assessment [11], n number; N denominator, SD standard deviation