Table 5. Twenty-eight day mortality risk of patients with severe pneumonia.
Variable | No. of deaths/no. of episodes (%) | p | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p |
All cases | 94/262 (35.9) | |||
Sex | ||||
Male | 68/191(36.6) | 0.879 | ||
Female | 26/71 (35.6) | |||
Shock at the time of admission | 0.001 | 1.99 (1.15–3.46) | 0.014 | |
No | 37/139 (26.6) | |||
Yes | 57/123 (46.3) | |||
Structural lung disease | 0.640 | |||
No | 74/202 (36.6) | |||
Yes | 20/60 (37.1) | |||
COPD | 0.396 | |||
No | 86/234 (36.8) | |||
Yes | 8/28 (28.6) | |||
Interstitial lung disease | 0.121 | 1.93 (0.70–5.34) | 0.206 | |
No | 84/243 (33.3) | |||
Yes | 10/19 (27.6) | |||
Diabetes mellitus | 0.077 | 0.72 (0.39–1.35) | 0.305 | |
No | 73/186 (38.6) | |||
Yes | 21/76 (27.6) | |||
Solid cancer | 0.330 | |||
No | 76/203 (37.4) | |||
Yes | 18/59 (30.5) | |||
Hematologic malignancy | 0.014 | 1.06 (0.53–2.11) | 0.870 | |
No | 58/186 (33.3) | |||
Yes | 36/76 (47.4) | |||
Immunocompromised state | <0.001 | 2.63 (1.51–4.60) | <0.001 | |
No | 34/143 (36.2) | |||
Yes | 60/119 (63.8) | |||
McCabe and Jackson criteria | 0.002 | 1.73 (0.93–3.21) | 0.084 | |
Nonfatal | 23/97 (23.3) | |||
Rapidly fatal or ultimately fatal | 71/165 (42.4) | |||
Pathogen identified | 0.520 | |||
No | 24/61 (37.7) | |||
Yes | 70/201 (34.8) | |||
Pathogen | 0.321 | |||
Bacteria only | 40/130 (30.8) | |||
Virus(es) only | 12/31 (38.7) | |||
Bacteria/virus coinfection | 4/21 (19.0) | |||
S. aureus | 0.593 | |||
No | 77/210 (36.7) | |||
Yes | 17/52 (32.7) | |||
P. aeruginosa | 0.077 | 0.47 (0.17–1.26) | 0.131 | |
No | 88/233 (37.8) | |||
Yes | 6/29 (20.7) | |||
Rhinovirus | 0.198 | 0.38 (0.10–1.48) | 0.119 | |
No | 91/247 (36.8) | |||
Yes | 3/15 (20.0) | |||
Parainfluenza virus | 0.500 | |||
No | 87/246 (35.4) | |||
Yes | 7/16 (43.8) | |||
Influenza virus | 0.501 | |||
No | 89/251 (35.5) | |||
Yes | 5/11 (45.5) | |||
Respiratory syncytial virus | 0.889 | |||
No | 88/246 (35.8) | |||
Yes | 6/16 (37.5) | |||
Cytomegalovirus | 0.472 | |||
No | 91/256 (35.5) | |||
Yes | 3/6 (50.0) | |||
Human coronavirus | 0.142 | 9.67 (0.85–109.49) | 0.067 | |
No | 91/258 (35.3) | |||
Yes | 3/4 (75.0) |
COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.