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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: A prospective observational study of community acquired pneumonia in Kenya: the role of viral pathogens

Patient Category No. (%) of patients N = 77/ (%)

Age (Mean, SD)

54.0 (±16)

Signs

60 years old or more

33 (42.9)

RR ≥ 30/min

6 (7.8)

Gender

Heart rate ≥ 125/min

13 (16.9)

Male

44 (57.1)

Temperature ≥ 39.5 or ≤ 35

13 (16.9)

Comorbidities

SpO2 ≤ 92

38 (50.6)

CVD

32 (41.6)

SBP < 90 mmHg

8 (10.4)

Diabetes

23 (29.9)

Laboratory findings

Lung disorders

26 (33.8)

WBC ≥ 10,000

34 (44.2)

CKD

9 (11.7)

Hemoglobin ≤10 g/dl

6 (7.8)

HIV infection

10 (13.0)

Platelets< 150,000

17 (22.1)

Prior Antibiotics

35 (45.5)

BUN (Urea) > 7 mmol/l

16 (20.8)

Lifestyle

Serum sodium ≤130

10 (13.0)

Active Smoker

5 (6.5)

Imaging findings

Alcohol

17 (22.1)

Ground glass opacities

27 (35.1)

 

Other Opacities

14 (18.2)

Symptoms

Multiple findingsa

10 (13.0)

SARI

61 (79.2)

Consolidations

23 (29.9)

Fever

75 (97.4)

Effusions

2 (2.6)

SOB (dyspnea)

60 (77.9)

Cavity

1 (1.3)

Chest pain

62 (80.5)

Bilateral findingsb

27 (35.1)

Malaise & fatigue

39 (50.6)

Case admissions

Sputum

18 (23.4)

Non-Critical

53 (68.9)

Weight loss

21 (27.3)

Critical Care

20 (26.0)

Wheezing

18 (23.4)

Critical Care and Intubated

4 (5.2)

  1. CKD chronic kidney disease
  2. CVD cardiovascular disease (hypertension, arrhythmias and heart failure)
  3. SOB Shortness of breath
  4. SARI Severe Acute Respiratory Illness; defined as a history of fever or documented temperature of 38 °C and above and cough requiring hospitalization within the last 10 days
  5. aMultiple findings included reticulonodular changes and peribronchial cuffing that could not be placed into any of the above categories
  6. bMajority of the bilateral findings were opacities (13/27, 48%)