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Table 5 Variables in the PCP score

From: Validation of the Pneumocystis pneumonia score in haematology patients with acute respiratory failure

 

PCP (n = 13)

No-PCP (n = 128)

P valuea

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Age

  

0.613

 

  < 50 years

4 (30.8)

33 (25.8)

 

 50–70 years

6 (46.2)

76 (59.4)

 

0.65 (0.17–2.69)

  ≥ 70 years

3 (23.1)

19 (14.8)

 

1.30 (0.24–6.53)

Lymphoproliferative disease

6 (46.2)

61 (47.7)

0.307

0.94 (0.29–2.98)

No prophylaxis

13 (100.0)

98 (76.6)

0.107

Duration between respiratory symptom onset and ICU admission

  

0.936

 

 0–3 days

4 (30.8)

38 (29.7)

 

 3–5 days

2 (15.4)

25 (19.5)

 

0.76 (0.10–4.20)

  > 5 days

7 (53.8)

65 (50.8)

 

1.02 (0.29–4.12)

Shock at ICU admission

5 (38.5)

37 (28.9)

0.690

1.54 (0.44–4.92)

Chest X-ray: not alveolar

5 (38.5)

45 (35.2)

1.000

1.39 (0.33–3.66)

Pleural effusion

3 (23.1)

41 (32.0)

0.727

1.08 (0.14–2.21)

  1. Values are given as n (percentage)
  2. ICU intensive care unit, PCP P. jirovecii pneumonia, CI confidence interval
  3. aData were compared using Fisher’s exact test