Table 4.

Lapses in Quality of In-Hospital Community-Acquired Pneumonia Care Among 52 Patients Who Died During the Index Hospitalization

Quality Measure	Not Fulfilled: No. (%)
Empiric antibiotics consistent with IDSA/ATS CAP guidelines	4 (7.7%)
First dose of antibiotics in < 6 h in the absence of shock	2 (3.8%)
First dose of antibiotics in < 1 h in the presence of shock	3 (5.7%)
Assessment of oxygenation on presentation	0 (0%)

ATS = American Thoracic Society; CAP = community-acquired pneumonia; IDSA = Infectious Diseases Society of America.