Do Laboratory Blood Tests Change Medical Care in Patients Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia?

: The prevalence of inappropriate laboratory testing is believed to be high, but only a limited number of studies have reviewed medical charts to determine whether tests impact medical care. : From the electronic database, we selected 500 consecutive patients with community-acquired pneumonia who were hospitalized between January 2020 and October 2021. We excluded eight patients who had COVID-19, but were not identified in the database, and were only identified after chart review.