Table 3 Patients’ clinical distribution by the presence of pneumonia

Age

55.7

47.4

p = 0.011

Sex

 Women

16

19

NS

 Men

24

11

Arterial hypertension

17

3

p < 0.003

Diabetes mellitus

7

1

NS

Dyslipidaemia

10

2

NS

Smoker

7

6

NS

COPD/asthma

9

6

NS

Cardiopathy/chronic heart failure

5

2

NS

Days from the onset of symptoms

8.85

9.93

NS

Fever

24

16

NS

Dyspnoea

24

15

NS

Cough

33

20

NS

Expectoration

10

4

NS

Pathological lung auscultation

14

6

NS

Oxygen saturation

96.11

97.58

p < 0.05

Mean time of evaluation (min)

16.91

15.4

NS

Brixia Index

5.26

0

p < 0.001