Admission to hospital in the UK at a weekend does not influence the prognosis of adults with community-acquired pneumonia.
Thorax
; 75(7): 594-596, 2020 07.
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ABSTRACT
Outcomes for adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) admitted to hospital at the weekend were compared with those admitted during weekdays using data from the British Thoracic Society national CAP audits. Of 31 400 cases, 40.7% were weekend admissions; these patients were older (mean age 72 vs 71.3 years, p=0.001) and more likely to have high severity CAP (28.9% vs 27.1%, p trend 0.003) but had slightly lower adjusted 30-day inpatient mortality (aOR 0.94 95% CI 0.88 to 1.01) compared with those admitted during weekdays. More patients in the weekend group received antibiotics within 4 hours of admission (70.3% vs 68.7%, aOR 1.07 95% CI 1.01 to 1.12). We did not observe increased mortality for adults admitted at the weekend with CAP.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Admisión del Paciente
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Infecciones Comunitarias Adquiridas
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Thorax
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido