ALB and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: In univariate analysis, age, COPD and malignancy as comorbidities, vital signs such as body temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate and PaO2/FiO2 ≤ 250, laboratory findings such as albumin (Alb), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (Cr), hematocrit (Ht) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, multilobar pneumonia, bacteremia, AZM or FQN combination therapy, and treatment including mechanical ventilatory and vasopressor drug support were significant prognostic factors in patients hospitalized with CAP.