Table 4.
Prevalence of study outcomes among patients admitted for pneumonia, according to the presence and acuity of HF
| Heart Failure | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor, No. (%) | Total | No | Yes | Acute HF | Chronic HF |
| (N=783,702) | (N=571,499) | (N=212,203) | (N=56,306) | (N=48,188) | |
| In hospital mortality | 74,255 (9.5) | 46,292 (8.1) | 27,963(13.2) | 7,261 (12.9) | 4,588 (9.5) |
| Length of stay, Median[Q1, Q3] | 5.0 [3.0,8.0] | 5.0 [3.0,7.0] | 6.0[4.0,10.0] | 7.0 [4.0,11.0] | 5.0 [3.0,9.0] |
| Cost, Median[Q1, Q3] | 9003.1[5,473,16,183] | 8174[5107,14423] | 11708[6,992,20,816] | 13893[8420, 23,934] | 10130[6291,17511] |
| Intensive care unit | 246,136 (31.4) | 158,348 (27.7) | 87,788(41.3) | 27,298 (48.5) | 16,317 (33.9) |
| Mechanical ventilation | 119,195 (15.2) | 73,739 (12.9) | 45,456 (21.4) | 14,730 (26.2) | 7,508 (15.6) |
| Vasopressor | 107,051 (13.7) | 68,366 (12.0) | 38,685 (18.2) | 11,527 (20.5) | 6,774 (14.1) |
| Inotropes / vasodilators | 23,672/ 615,114(3.9) | 12,918/464,391(2.8) | 10,754 / 150,723(7.1) | 3,744 / 37,870(9.9) | 1,912 / 34,782(5.5) |
| Acute kidney injury | 192,390 (24.5) | 120,067 (21.0) | 72,323 (34.1) | 22,046 (39.3) | 15,303 (31.8) |
*P values for all outcome comparisons between HF versus no HF were < 0.001
†P-values for all comparisons between acute versus chronic HF were < 0.001
All comparisons were made using Person's chi-square test.