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Table 3 Outcomes

From: Clinical implications for patients treated inappropriately for community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department

Outcome

Appropriate initial therapy (n = 187)

Inappropriate initial therapy (n = 72)

P value

Hospital mortality, n (%):

13 (7.0)

6 (8.3)

0.702

Hospital length of stay, days*:

7.0 ± 8.9

10.3 ± 12.0

0.017

 

4.0 [3.0,8.0]

6.95 [4.0,12.45]

30-day hospital readmission, n(%):

23 (12.3)

17 (23.6)

0.024

  1. *Data expressed as mean ± SD and median with 25th and 75th percentiles.