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Table 2 Patient Characteristics Independently Associated with Each Process of Care*

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

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

  1. * Values are odds ratios (95% CI). P values represent the Wald statistic.
  2. †Continuous variables