From: Quality of care in elder emergency department patients with pneumonia: a prospective cohort study
Characteristics classified by each process | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value | |
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Any ED antibiotics | |||
Age ≥65 | 2.03 | (1.28–3.21) | 0.003 |
Heart rate† | 1.01 | (1.004–1.02) | 0.005 |
Confusion | 0.48 | (0.27–0.85) | 0.012 |
HIV | 0.31 | (0.17–0.59) | <0.001 |
Shortness of breath | 0.58 | (0.36–0.91) | 0.018 |
Normal lung examination | 0.58 | (0.38–0.89) | 0.013 |
ED antibiotics within 4 hours | |||
Age ≥65 | 1.1 | (0.83–1.43) | 0.484 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 1.87 | (1.12–3.11) | 0.016 |
Temperature† | 1.11 | (1.04–1.19) | 0.003 |
Respiratory rate† | 1.05 | (1.02–1.07) | <0.001 |
Normal lung examination | 0.59 | (0.43–0.81) | 0.001 |
White blood cell count† | 1.02 | (1.001–1.04) | 0.038 |
Chest x-ray with pneumonia | 1.74 | (1.31–2.30) | <0.001 |
Blood cultures in ED | |||
Age ≥65 | 1.02 | (0.78–1.32) | 0.9 |
Cough | 1.31 | (1.01–1.70) | 0.04 |
Fever | 1.68 | (1.28–2.22) | <0.001 |
Abdominal pain | 2.26 | (1.27–4.03) | 0.006 |
Confusion | 2.03 | (1.34–3.07) | 0.001 |
Neoplasm | 1.85 | (1.35–2.53) | <0.001 |
Liver disease | 3.02 | (1.30–6.99) | 0.01 |
Temperature† | 1.16 | (1.08–1.24) | <0.001 |
Systolic blood pressure† | 0.99 | (0.99–1.00) | 0.007 |
Chest x-ray with pneumonia | 1.38 | (1.06–1.79) | 0.018 |
Assessment of oxygenation in ED | |||
Age ≥65 | 2.10 | (1.18–3.72) | 0.011 |
Shortness of breath | 2.27 | (1.37–3.75) | 0.001 |
Heart rate† | 1.02 | (1.004–1.03) | 0.012 |
Fever | 0.53 | (0.31–0.89) | 0.016 |
Abdominal pain | 0.45 | (0.21–0.96) | 0.039 |