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Table 4 Hospital stay and resource use analysed by country

From: Resource use by patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia in Europe: analysis of the REACH study

Resource

Full population (n = 2,039)

Country

Belgium (n = 191)

France (n = 366)

Germany (n = 50)

Greece (n = 215)

Italy (n = 300)

The Netherlands (n = 203)

Portugal (n = 121)

Spain (n = 279)

Turkey (n = 200)

UK (n = 114)

Total duration of hospitalization, days, mean (SD) [median]

12.6 (10.6) [10.0] (n = 1,978)

15.0 (13.2) [11.0] (n = 190)

13.6 (11.5) [11.0] (n = 319)

11.4 (10.6) [9.0] (n = 48)

9.6 (6.4) [7.0] (n = 212)

13.1 (8.5) [11.0] (n = 298)

12.8 (14.0) [9.0] (n = 201)

13.6 (11.3) [10.0] (n = 121)

12.3 (9.6) [9.5] (n = 278)

12.4 (9.3) [10.0] (n = 197)

10.4 (9.4) [7.0] (n = 114)

Admitted to ICU at any time, n (%)

278 (13.6)

68 (35.6)

82 (22.4)

6 (12.0)

9 (4.2)

10 (3.3)

21 (10.3)

12 (9.9)

38 (13.6)

21 (10.5)

11 (9.6)

Time in ICU, days, mean (SD) [median]

9.5 (11.7) [5.0] (n = 244)

7.3 (8.7) [4.0] (n = 65)

9.9 (12.5) [7.0] (n = 75)

22.5 (31.5) [3.5] (n = 6)

16.4 (13.1) [9.0] (n = 9)

13.4 (12.1) [8.0] (n = 8)

8.8 (10.1) [4.0] (n = 15)

11.7 (9.3) [7.0] (n = 11)

8.4 (10.6) [4.5] (n = 36)

5.9 (4.2) [5.0] (n = 11)

11.1 (12.1) [6.5] (n = 8)

Blood pressure support during hospitalization, n (%)

           

  Fluid resuscitation

251 (12.3)

21 (11.0)

38 (10.4)

0

40 (18.6)

6 (2.0)

39 (19.2)

19 (5.7)

33 (11.8)

22 (11.0)

33 (28.9)

  Vasopressors

101 (5.0)

21 (11.0)

22 (6.0)

2 (4.0)

3 (1.4)

5 (1.7)

4 (2.0)

11 (9.1)

18 (6.5)

12 (6.0)

3 (2.6)

  Invasive procedures

30 (1.5)

6 (3.1)

6 (1.6)

1 (2.0)

1 (0.5)

2 (0.7)

1 (0.5)

1 (0.8)

8 (2.9)

4 (2.0)

0

Isolation required, n (%)

154 (7.6)

10 (5.2)

49 (13.4)

2 (4.0)

14 (6.5)

16 (5.3)

9 (4.4)

5 (4.1)

20 (7.2)

4 (2.0)

25 (21.9)

Mechanical ventilation required during hospitalization, n (%)

280 (13.7)

32 (16.8)

69 (18.9)

5 (10.0)

5 (2.3)

33 (11.0)

23 (11.3)

14 (11.6)

38 (13.6)

41 (20.5)

20 (17.5)

  Invasive

139 (6.8)

28 (14.7)

42 (11.5)

2 (4.0)

3 (1.4)

5 (1.7)

16 (7.9)

10 (8.3)

11 (3.9)

16 (8.0)

6 (5.3)

   Duration, days, mean (SD) [median]

10.5 (12.7) [6.0] (n = 133)

9.5 (9.2) [7.5] (n = 26)

8.5 (9.2) [6.0] (n = 42)

47.5 (21.9) [47.5] (n = 2)

25.3 (6.4) [28.0] (n = 3)

11.4 (14.6) [5.0] (n = 5)

12.0 (23.2) [3.0] (n = 14)

9.0 (7.7) [7.0] (n = 9)

12.2 (11.1) [8.0] (n = 11)

8.0 (9.4) [5.0] (n = 15)

9.8 (9.9) [8.0] (n = 6)

  Non-invasive

166 (8.1)

8 (4.2)

36 (9.8)

5 (10.0)

2 (0.9)

29 (9.7)

8 (3.9)

6 (5.0)

28 (10.0)

30 (15.0)

14 (12.3)

   Duration, days, mean (SD) [median]

5.2 (4.5) [4.0] (n = 155)

2.9 (2.0) [3.0] (n = 7)

5.3 (4.3) [4.0] (n = 35)

5.4 (4.0) [4.0] (n = 5)

8.0 (5.7) [8.0] (n = 2)

6.0 (4.9) [5.0] (n = 22)

3.4 (3.5) [2.0] (n = 7)

7.2 (7.1) [5.5] (n = 6)

4.3 (3.3) [3.0] (n = 27)

6.6 (5.9) [4.0] (n = 30)

2.7 (1.4) [2.5] (n = 14)

Parenteral nutrition, n (%)

94 (4.6)

7 (3.7)

38 (10.4)

2 (4.0)

3 (1.4)

10 (3.3)

5 (2.5)

2 (1.7)

6 (2.2)

14 (7.0)

7 (6.1)

Duration of parenteral nutrition, days, mean (SD) [median]

9.1 (10.6) [5.0] (n = 88)

7.2 (9.2) [3.0] (n = 6)

6.4 (4.7) [5.0] (n = 38)

51.5 (7.8) [51.5] (n = 2)

12.5 (10.6) [12.5] (n = 2)

7.7 (6.9) [6.0] (n = 9)

17.8 (15.9) [12.0] (n = 5)

14.5 (9.2) [14.5] (n = 2)

13.7 (13.5) [6.0] (n = 6)

8.7 (10.2) [5.0] (n = 12)

1.8 (0.75) [2.0] (n = 6)

Acute renal failure necessitating renal replacement therapy, n (%)

46 (2.3)

10 (5.2)

6 (1.6)

0

1 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

5 (2.5)

5 (4.1)

7 (2.5)

6 (3.0)

5 (4.4)

Duration of renal failure, days, mean (SD) [median]

6.5 (8.6) [3.0] (n = 37)

4.0 (4.5) [2.0] (n = 8)

10.2 (15.1) [4.0] (n = 5)

2.0 (-) [2.0] (n = 1)

11.0 (-) [11.0] (n = 1)

4.5 (2.1) [4.5] (n = 2)

2.5 (1.7) [2.0] (n = 4)

11.0 (13.3) [5.0] (n = 7)

7.2 (4.1) [8.0] (n = 6)

1.7 (0.6) [2.0] (n = 3)

Septic shock, n (%)

84 (4.1)

15 (7.9)

22 (6.0)

4 (1.9)

1 (0.3)

4 (2.0)

9 (7.4)

18 (6.5)

6 (3.0)

5 (4.4)

Home-based care, n (%)

73 (3.6)

9 (4.7)

21 (5.7)

1 (2.0)

1 (0.5)

3 (1.0)

14 (6.9)

3 (2.5)

17 (6.1)

1 (0.5)

3 (2.6)

  1. CAP: community-acquired pneumonia; HCAP: healthcare-associated pneumonia; ICU: intensive care unit; SD: standard deviation.