Characteristic, n (%) | Early responders n = 332 | Later responders n = 253 | Patients without Halm-based assessment of TCS n = 1454 |
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Type of CAP | |||
CAP* | 279 (84.0) | 210 (83.0) | 1118 (76.9) |
HCAP† | 24 (7.2) | 20 (7.9) | 201 (13.8) |
Immunocompromised/immunosuppressed | 8 (2.4) | 11 (4.3) | 53 (3.6) |
Other | 0 | 2 (0.6) | 37 (2.5) |
Unknown | 21 (6.3) | 10 (4.0) | 54 (3.7) |
Radiographic findings suggestive of bacterial pneumonia | |||
Infiltrate | 175 (52.7) | 113 (44.7) | 880 (60.5) |
Consolidation | 183 (55.1) | 167 (66.0) | 597 (41.1) |
Pleural effusion | 40 (12.0) | 44 (17.4) | 235 (16.2) |
Other | 19 (5.7) | 14 (5.5) | 67 (4.6) |
Unknown | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 15 (1.0) |
Signs of acute illness at diagnosis | |||
New or increased cough | 258 (77.7) | 202 (79.8) | 1115 (76.7) |
Purulent sputum or change in sputum character | 182 (54.8) | 127 (50.2) | 744 (51.2) |
Auscultatory findings consistent with pneumonia | 253 (76.2) | 184 (72.7) | 1055 (72.6) |
Dyspnoea, tachypnoea or hypoxaemia | 256 (77.1) | 210 (83.0) | 1025 (70.5) |
Fever or hypothermia | 213 (64.2) | 153 (60.5) | 951 (65.4) |
White blood cell count > 10000 cells/mm3 or < 4500 cells/mm3 | 210 (63.3) | 179 (70.8) | 963 (66.2) |
Prognosis based on severity indices | |||
PORT/PSI | 65 (19.6) | 77 (30.4) | 212 (14.6) |
I/II‡ | 17 (26.2) | 13 (16.9) | 41 (19.3) |
III/IV | 43 (66.2) | 50 (64.9) | 138 (65.1) |
V | 5 (7.7) | 14 (18.2) | 33 (15.6) |
CURB-65 | 129 (38.9) | 118 (46.6) | 280 (19.3) |
0-1‡ | 49 (38.0) | 23 (19.5) | 82 (29.3) |
2 | 38 (29.5) | 42 (35.6) | 105 (37.5) |
3 | 16 (12.4) | 23 (19.5) | 61 (21.8) |
4 | 21 (16.3) | 26 (22.0) | 21 (7.5) |
5 | 2 (1.6) | 3 (2.5) | 3 (1.1) |
Unknown | 3 (2.3) | 1 (0.8) | 8 (2.9) |