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Comparing Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients Discharged from General Medicine and Respiratory Units in Australia: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis
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: Received: 26 April 2024 / Approved: 26 April 2024 / Online: 26 April 2024 (16:22:05 CEST)
How to cite:
Sharma, Y.; Mangoni, A.A.; Mangoni, A.; Horwood, C.; Thompson, C. Comparing Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients Discharged from General Medicine and Respiratory Units in Australia: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. Preprints2024, 2024041789. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1789.v1
Sharma, Y.; Mangoni, A.A.; Mangoni, A.; Horwood, C.; Thompson, C. Comparing Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients Discharged from General Medicine and Respiratory Units in Australia: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. Preprints 2024, 2024041789. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1789.v1
Sharma, Y.; Mangoni, A.A.; Mangoni, A.; Horwood, C.; Thompson, C. Comparing Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients Discharged from General Medicine and Respiratory Units in Australia: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. Preprints2024, 2024041789. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1789.v1
APA Style
Sharma, Y., Mangoni, A.A., Mangoni, A., Horwood, C., & Thompson, C. (2024). Comparing Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients Discharged from General Medicine and Respiratory Units in Australia: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1789.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Sharma, Y., Chris Horwood and Campbell Thompson. 2024 "Comparing Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients Discharged from General Medicine and Respiratory Units in Australia: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1789.v1
Abstract
Background/Objectives: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common emergency presentation in Australia, with the choice of admitting specialty unit often influenced by pneumonia severity and comorbidities. However, it remains unclear whether there are between-specialty differences in patient characteristics and outcomes. We sought to address this issue by investigating the characteristics and outcomes of CAP patients admitted to General Medicine (GM) versus Respiratory units.Methods: This retrospective observational study utilised data from the two largest metropolitan hospitals in South Australia, encompassing all non-COVID-19-related CAP admissions throughout 2021 to 2023. Hospital length of stay (LOS), in-patient and 30-day mortality, and 30-day readmission rates were assessed by propensity-score-matching (PSM) with using 14 variables.Results: Of the 3,004 cases of non-COVID-19 CAP admitted across the two hospitals during the study period, 2,673 (71.8%) were admitted under GM units and 331 (9.1%) under Respiratory units. GM patients were, on average, a decade older, presented with a significantly higher burden of comorbidities, exhibited a greater prevalence of frailty and had higher pneumonia severity compared to those admitted under a Respiratory unit, (P
Keywords
Community-acquired pneumonia; Length of Hospital Stay; Mortality; Respiratory Unit; General Medicine Unit; Mortality; Readmissions
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Internal Medicine
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