From: A mortality prediction rule for non-elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Characteristic | No. of cases (%) | No. (%) of cases alive at 30Â days | No. (%) of cases that died within 30Â days |
---|---|---|---|
(n = 49,370) | (n = 48,638) | (n = 732) | |
Parameters of the A-DROPa | |||
 Confusion | 927 (1.9) | 832 (1.7) | 95 (13.0) |
 Dehydration | 3,390 (6.9) | 3,255 (6.7) | 135 (18.4) |
 Respiratory failure | 3,940 (8.0) | 3,779 (7.8) | 161 (22.0) |
 Low blood pressure | 6,697 (13.6) | 6,353 (13.1) | 344 (47.0) |
Pneumonia severityb | |||
 Mild | 37,094 (75.1) | 36,845 (75.8) | 249 (34.0) |
 Moderate | 11,712 (23.7) | 11,308 (23.2) | 404 (55.2) |
 Severe | 411 (0.8) | 367 (0.8) | 44 (6.0) |
 Extremely severe | 153 (0.3) | 118 (0.2) | 35 (4.8) |
Pneumonia aetiology | |||
 Pneumococcal | 4,392 (8.9) | 4,361 (9.0) | 31 (4.2) |
 Mycoplasmal | 5,010 (10.1) | 5,004 (10.3) | 6 (0.8) |
 Aspiration | 3,586 (7.3) | 3,425 (7.0) | 161 (22.0) |
 Influenza | 167 (0.3) | 164 (0.3) | 3 (0.4) |
 Othersc | 36,215 (73.4) | 35,684 (73.4) | 531 (72.5) |