Of the 65 patients admitted with an initial diagnosis of
community-acquired pneumonia during the study recruitment
period, 14 were excluded based on the eligibility criteria (Figure 1).
A further two participants were [1TD$DIF]withdrawn after randomisation
because their diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia
changed during reassessment by a physician; they were not
included in the intention-to-treat analysis. Therefore, the study
reports data on 49 participants: 32 in the experimental group and
17 in the control group. Five participants in the experimental group
and one in the control group were discharged before the scheduled
post-intervention reassessment on Day 10, but these participants
could be included in the analysis of length of hospital stay.
A further two participants in the control group withdrew from the