Table 4.
Predictors of 30-day mortality | Group 1 | 95% confidence intervals | p value | |
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Age > 65 years | Non-survivors | 12 (54%) | 0.833–0.987 | 0.03* |
Survivors | 12 (46%) | |||
Sex (males/females) | Non-survivors | 19 (51%)/18(49%) | 0.63–1.34 | 0.34 |
Survivors | 8 (52%)/6(48%) | |||
Smoking | Non-survivors | 12 (60%) | 0. 13–1.25 | 0.25 |
Survivors | 8 (40%) | |||
Mechanical ventilation | Non-survivors | 8 (33%) | 0.35–0.26 | 0.01* |
Survivors | 6 (22%) | |||
GCS at pneumonia occurrence < 9 | Non-survivors | 15 (63%) | 11.12–21.30 | 0.001* |
Survivors | 10 (37%) | |||
Pleural effusion in CXR | Non-survivors | 11 (46%) | 0.47–1.38 | 0.99 |
Survivors | 12 (44%) | |||
Pulmonary infiltrates in CXR | Non-survivors | 11 (46%) | 0.36–1.14 | 0.224 |
Survivors | 12 (44%) | |||
PSI risk class ≥ 4 | Non-survivors | 15 (63%) | 1.095–2.364 | 0.04* |
Survivors | 6 (22%) | |||
CURB-65 scores ≥ 3 | Non-survivors | 18 (75%) | 1.23–2.99 | 0.01* |
Survivors | 14 (52%) | |||
Increased MPV/PC ratio | Non-survivors | 16 (67%) | 2.9–2.23 | 0.03* |
Survivors | 8 (30%) |
GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, CXR chest radiograph, PSI pneumonia severity index, MPV/pc ratio mean platelet volume/platelet count ratio
*Significant