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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia admitted in intensive care unit

From: Burden of pneumococcal pneumonia requiring ICU admission in France: 1-year prognosis, resources use, and costs

Characteristics of the patients

All (n = 1665)

28-day survivors (n = 1286)

One-year survivors (n = 1127)

Male gender

1108 (67%)

834 (65%)

730 (64.8%)

Age (median [Q1;Q3], years)

65 [55;76]

64 [53;75]

64 [53;74]

 0–54 years olda

394 (23.7%)

345 (26.8%)

322 (28.6%)

 55–64 years old

409 (24.6%)

327 (25.4%)

290 (25.7%)

 65–75 years old

424 (25.5%)

316 (24.6%)

277 (24.6%)

  ≥ 76 years old

438 (26.3%)

298 (23.2%)

238 (21.1%)

Alcohol

429 (25.8%)

332 (25.8%)

289 (25.6%)

Tobacco

590 (35.4%)

476 (37.0%)

415 (36.8%)

No comorbidities

86 (5.1%)

82 (6.4%)

79 (7.0%)

At least one

1579 (94.8%)

1204 (93.6%)

1048 (93.0%)

Asplenia/hyposplenia

12 (0.7%)

9 (0.7%)

6 (0.5%)

Cancers / hemopathy

497 (29.8%)

347 (27.0%)

278 (24.7%)

Auto-immune disorders

146 (8.8%)

111 (8.6%)

97 (8.6%)

Organ transplant recipientb

267 (16.0%)

194 (15.1%)

157 (13.9%)

HIV

32 (1.9%)

21 (1.6%)

19 (1.7%)

Diabetes mellitus

415 (24.9%)

321 (25.0%)

275 (24.4%)

Chronic cardiac failure

518 (31.1%)

379 (29.5%)

297 (26.4%)

Chronic respiratory diseasesc

861 (51.2%)

688 (53.5%)

594 (52.7%)

Renal diseasesd

239 (14.4%)

172 (13.4%)

140 (12.4%)

 Chronic renal insufficiency

202 (12.1%)

146 (11.4%)

118 (10.5%)

 Liver diseasese

272 (16.3%)

170 (13.2%)

142 (12.6%)

  Cirrhosis

165 (9.9%)

106 (8.2%)

88 (7.8%)

  Liver failure

118 (7.1%)

61 (4.7%)

49 (4.3%)

SAPSII

48 (± 19)

45 (± 17)

44 (± 17)

Mechanical ventilation

1103 (66.2%)

789 (61.4%)

706 (62.6%)

Noninvasive ventilation

987 (59.3%)

818 (63.6%)

708 (62.8%)

Vasopressor use

1032 (62.0%)

728 (56.6%)

640 (56.8%)

Renal replacement therapy

227 (13.6%)

105 (8.2%)

94 (8.3%)

Length of initial stay in hospital (days)

23 (± 22)

24 (± 21)

24 (± 21)

Length of stay in ICU (days)

13 (± 16)

12 (± 15)

12 (± 15)

  1. ICU: intensive care unit; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiological Score. Quantitative data: mean (± SD); qualitative data: number (%)
  2. aOnly two patients were less than 18: aged 9 and 17
  3. bOrgan transplant comprised solid organ transplant and hematopoietic stem cells transplant
  4. cChronic respiratory diseases included COPD, asthma, and respiratory insufficiency
  5. dChronic renal diseases included nephrotic syndrome, renal tubular and interstitial nephritis, renal tubular and interstitial lesions related to drugs or heavy metals, renal tubular and interstitial lesions related to other diseases, other renal tubular and interstitial lesions, chronic kidney disease, and renal failure
  6. eThe chronic liver diseases included cirrhosis (alcohol-related cirrhosis or from other causes, including liver fibrosis), liver insufficiency, liver inflammatory diseases, and the other chronic liver diseases
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