Management and clinical outcomes of patients with and without evidence of infection
| Infective | Non-infective | p-value | |
| Antibiotics, inpatient | 102 (100) | 40 (90.9) | 0.002 |
| Systemic CS, inpatient | 100 (98.0) | 42 (95.5) | 0.38 |
| NIV | 8 (7.8) | 10 (22.7) | 0.01 |
| HDU/ICU | 27 (26.4) | 18 (40.1) | 0.08 |
| Mechanical ventilation | 4 (3.9) | 1 (2.5) | 0.62 |
| Length of stay days | 5 (4–8) | 5 (3–8) | 0.2 |
| Mortality at 6 months | 10 (9.8) | 5 (11.4) | 0.89 |
| Mortality at 12 months | 14 (13.7) | 8 (18.2) | 0.49 |
| Readmitted within 12 months | 40 (39.2) | 22 (50.0) | 0.39 |
| Time to readmission days | 44.5 (18–195) | 78 (34–246) | 0.39 |
Data are presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range), unless otherwise stated. CS: corticosteroid; NIV: noninvasive ventilation; HDU: high-dependency unit; ICU: intensive care unit.