Statistical analysis
death, pneumonia
RECRUITMENT, PNEUMONIA, EVENT
Recruitment was assessed by determining the number of patients approached during the study period, and the proportion who meet initial eligibility criteria, were randomised, were treated, and were ultimately deemed eligible for inclusion in the analysis. Randomised patients were not considered eligible for inclusion in the analysis if, upon review, it was discovered that pneumonia was not the primary diagnosis or the patient had changed to oral antimicrobial therapy before intravenous therapy could be given. Acceptability of the intervention and study processes were assessed by calculating the proportions of patients completing the prescribed course of treatment and follow-up questionnaires respectively.Participant characteristics were summarised descriptively and tabulated by treatment group. Clinical outcomes of interest and treatment compliance were summarized as counts (percentages) for categorical variables, and median (interquartile ranges) for continuous time to event data. Between-group differences in outcomes by treatment group were explored using fisher’s exact tests for binary outcomes, or log-rank tests for time to event data censoring for death. All data was analysed using R (version 3.2.1 Vienna, Austria) statistical software. Two-sided statistical tests were used to generate p values and point estimates reported with 95% confidence intervals