Secondary outcomes
death
SECONDARY
Prescription of no or narrow-spectrum antibiotics at 48 h and 5 days after admission.Prescription of targeted antibiotics within 4 h, 48 h, and 5 days. Targeted antibiotics were defined as either narrow-spectrum antibiotics targeting CAP or antibiotics directed against a detected bacterial pathogen identified by culture.Prescription of adequate antibiotics within 4 h, 48 h, and 5 days. Adequate antibiotics were defined as all antibiotics covering the detected bacterial pathogen.We categorised antibiotic treatment as targeted and/or adequate in relation to the following pathogens identified by culture: Data on other secondary outcomes were extracted from the patients’ medical chart: 30 days mortality (death within 30 days from admission to the ED), in-hospital mortality (death during the current hospitalisation, ICU admission during the current hospitalisation, readmission within 30 days after discharge and LOS (days from admission to discharge)).