Chen Sheng-Xian, Yang Zhi-Kai, Lin Lin, Liao Hou-Zhen, Xiang Xiao-Ting, Liu Di, Huang Jian-Shan
Department of Emergency Clinic, Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital, Xiamen, China.
Department of General Medicine, Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital, Xiamen, China.
J Glob Health. 2025 Jan 31;15:04044. doi: 10.7189/jogh.15.04044.
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a frequent reason for emergency department visits and leads to increased direct medical costs, particularly due to hospitalisation. This study aims to examine the differences between emergency planned re-infusion therapy and hospitalisation in patients with CAP.
This retrospective case-control study involved 1889 CAP patients treated at the Emergency Internal Medicine Department of Class A tertiary Hospital in China from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022. Patients were divided into groups receiving either emergency planned re-infusion therapy or hospitalisation. Independent sample t tests and χ tests were used to compare the clinical outcomes and economic impacts between the two groups across different pneumonia severity index (PSI) classifications.
The study enrolled 1889 CAP patients. For PSI I-II patients, the improvement rates were 99.51% in the emergency planned re-infusion therapy group and 99.69% in the hospitalisation group, showing no statistically significant difference (P > 0.05). Similarly, no significant difference was observed for PSI III patients (84.16 vs. 89.82%). However, significant differences emerged for PSI IV patients, with improvement rates of 50% in the emergency planned re-infusion therapy group and 90.59% in the hospitalisation group (P < 0.001). Statistically significant differences were also noted in treatment duration (5.13 ± 1.65 days vs. 7.60 ± 3.93 days, P < 0.001) and total treatment costs (1921.57 Chinese Yuan (CNY) ± 923.16 vs. 9083.80 CNY ± 3583.55, P < 0.001) between the two groups.
Emergency planned re-infusion therapy for CAP is an effective and cost-efficient alternative that can reduce both treatment duration and costs, particularly for patients with PSI I-III. It is recommended that emergency physicians give priority to emergency re-infusion therapy for patients with PSI I-III. In addition, it is recommended that hospitals strengthen the classification and treatment training programmes for emergency department physicians to recognise the patients with PSI I-IV.
The hospitals ethics committee (XMCGIRB2024034-01).
社区获得性肺炎(CAP)是急诊科就诊的常见原因,会导致直接医疗费用增加,尤其是住院费用。本研究旨在探讨CAP患者急诊计划性再输注治疗与住院治疗之间的差异。
这项回顾性病例对照研究纳入了2020年1月1日至2022年12月31日在中国一家三级甲等医院急诊科接受治疗的1889例CAP患者。患者被分为接受急诊计划性再输注治疗或住院治疗的组。采用独立样本t检验和χ检验比较两组在不同肺炎严重程度指数(PSI)分类下的临床结局和经济影响。
该研究共纳入1889例CAP患者。对于PSI I-II级患者,急诊计划性再输注治疗组的改善率为99.51%,住院治疗组为99.69%,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。同样,PSI III级患者也未观察到显著差异(84.16%对89.82%)。然而,PSI IV级患者出现了显著差异,急诊计划性再输注治疗组的改善率为50%,住院治疗组为90.59%(P<0.001)。两组在治疗持续时间(5.13±1.65天对7.60±3.93天,P<0.001)和总治疗费用(1921.57元人民币(CNY)±923.16对9083.80元人民币±3583.55,P<0.001)方面也存在统计学显著差异。
CAP的急诊计划性再输注治疗是一种有效且具有成本效益的替代方案,可缩短治疗时间并降低成本,尤其是对于PSI I-III级患者。建议急诊医生优先对PSI I-III级患者进行急诊再输注治疗。此外,建议医院加强急诊科医生的分类和治疗培训项目,以识别PSI I-IV级患者。
医院伦理委员会(XMCGIRB2024034-01)