Table 1.
Demographics, medical characteristics, and presenting complaints of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) cases (n=77)
| Variable | n (%) |
| Race | |
| White | 58 (75.3) |
| Non-white | 15 (19.5) |
| Unknown | 4 (5.2) |
| Age, years | |
| <50 | 7 (9.1) |
| 50-64 | 51 (66.2) |
| 65+ | 19 (24.7) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 33 (42.9) |
| Not married | 42 (54.5) |
| Unknown | 2 (2.6) |
| Extent of SCI | |
| Complete | 35 (45.5) |
| Incomplete | 31 (40.3) |
| Unknown | 11 (14.3) |
| SCI level | |
| Paraplegia | 25 (32.4) |
| Tetraplegia | 50 (65.0) |
| Unknown | 2 (2.6) |
| Duration of SCI, years | |
| 0-10 | 18 (23.4) |
| 11-20 | 13 (16.9) |
| 21-30 | 17 (22.0) |
| 31+ | 25 (32.5) |
| Unknown | 4 (5.2%) |
| Comorbidities (documented within 1 year of CAP event) | |
| Any comorbidity | 69 (89.6) |
| Pressure ulcer | 43 (55.8) |
| COPD | 36 (46.7) |
| Diabetes and complications | 24 (31.2) |
| Myocardial | 20 (26.0) |
| Cancer | 9 (11.7) |
| Vascular | 5 (6.5) |
| Renal | 5 (6.5) |
| Liver | 2 (2.6) |
| Gastric ulcer | 1 (1.3) |
| Dementia | 1 (1.3) |
| Complaints | |
| Cough | 47 (61.0) |
| Fever | 39 (50.7) |
| Shortness of breath | 32 (41.6) |
| Increased sputum | 23 (30) |
| Difficulty breathing | 13 (16.9) |
| Chest pain | 11 (14.3) |
| Chest congestion | 6 (7.8) |
| Vitals | Mean (SD) |
| Temperature (n=74) | 98.3 (1.9) |
| Pulse | 86.0 (17.0) |
| Respiratory rate (n=71) | 21.4 (8.5) |
| Blood pressure (n=74) | |
| Systolic | 69 (17.0) |
| Diastolic | 122 (31.3) |
| Pulse oxygen (n=58) | 93.7 (4.5) |
| O2 saturation (n=11) | 92.7 (2.8) |
Note: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.