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Table 1 Characteristics of patients according to outcome

From: Risk factors and mortality in children with severe pertussis: the role of exchange transfusion in a PICU

Variables

Total (n = 170)

Survivors (n = 132)

Death

(n = 38)

P

Age (day), M (IQR)

84 (49, 151)

84 (50, 161)

83 (48, 146)

0.599

Gender (male), n(%)

90 (52.94)

74 (56.06)

16 (42.11)

0.129

Immunization, n(%)

76 (44.71)

59 (44.70)

17 (44.74)

0.997

WBC (× 109/l),M (IQR)

32.77 (17.68, 58.25)

28.41 (16.01, 47.36)

67.31 (29.31, 92.76)

 <.001

Lymphocytic absolute value, M (IQR)

15.18 (7.68, 27.20)

14.62 (7.22, 24.04)

24.47 (9.79, 32.10)

0.034

Neutrophils absolute value, M (IQR)

13.62 (7.20, 23.83)

11.61 (6.37, 19.13)

29.95 (14.52, 49.94)

 <.001

Monocytes absolute value, M (IQR)

1.44 (0.73, 2.80)

1.23 (0.70, 2.15)

2.90 (1.25, 4.87)

 <.001

PLT (× 109/l), M (IQR)

565 (466, 708)

584 (481, 715)

524 (330, 666)

0.021

CRP (mg/l), M (IQR)

8 (8, 22)

8 (8, 14)

29 (8, 45)

 <.001

PCT (ng/ml), M (IQR)

0.11 (0.07, 0.31)

0.10 (0.07, 0.18)

0.22 (0.11, 0.63)

 <.001

Bilirubin (μmol/l),

M (IQR)

6.50 (2.00, 13.68)

6.00 (1.90, 12.07)

9.30 (4.20, 21.92)

0.035

Creatinine (μmol/l),

M (IQR)

21.50 (17.52, 25.48)

21.00 (17.90, 25.20)

22.20 (16.00, 26.30)

0.830

ALT (U/L), M (IQR)

34.00 (23.85, 47.00)

33.15 (23.60, 46.00)

37.70 (26.10, 53.85)

0.205

PCO2(mmHg), M (IQR)

43.30 (37.00, 52.00)

43.00 (37.00, 49.60)

50.75 (40.25, 56.90)

0.050

PO2(mmHg), M (IQR)

86.40 (65.03, 118.50)

86.60 (65.07, 111.25)

85.00 (65.25, 148.00)

0.440

PH, n(%)

18 (10.59)

16 (12.12)

2 (5.26)

0.362

Epilepsy, n(%)

8 (4.71)

7 (5.30)

1 (2.63)

0.802

Hypoproteinemia, n(%)

74 (43.53)

58 (43.94)

16 (42.11)

0.841

Sepsis, n(%)

27 (15.88)

12 (9.09)

15 (39.47)

 <.001

Shock, n(%)

32 (18.82)

8 (6.06)

24 (63.16)

 <.001

Respiratory failure, n(%)

164 (96.47)

128 (96.97)

36 (94.74)

0.874

ARDS, n(%)

12 (7.06)

3 (2.27)

9 (23.68)

 <.001

Myocardial injury, n(%)

50 (29.41)

35 (26.52)

15 (39.47)

0.122

Hepatic injury, n(%)

34 (20.00)

24 (18.18)

10 (26.32)

0.269

AKI, n(%)

9 (5.29)

1 (0.76)

8 (21.05)

 <.001

Other respiratory pathogen infectionsa, n(%)

129 (75.88)

97 (73.48)

32 (84.21)

0.173

Pneumonia, n(%)

165 (97.06)

127 (96.21)

38 (100.00)

0.501

Atelectasis, n(%)

66 (38.82)

54 (40.91)

12 (31.58)

0.298

Lung consolidation, n(%)

121 (71.18)

92 (69.70)

29 (76.32)

0.427

Vasoactive drugs, n(%)

98 (57.65)

63 (47.73)

35 (92.11)

 <.001

Albumin, n(%)

124 (72.94)

89 (67.42)

35 (92.11)

0.003

Hormones, n(%)

98 (57.65)

78 (59.09)

20 (52.63)

0.478

IVIG, n(%)

110 (64.71)

91 (68.94)

19 (50.00)

0.031

ECMO, n(%)

3 (1.76)

0 (0.00)

3 (7.89)

0.010

Ventilator, n(%)

155 (91.18)

117 (88.64)

38 (100.00)

0.064

High frequency ventilation, n(%)

11 (6.47)

7 (5.30)

4 (10.53)

0.436

Invasive ventilation, n(%)

142 (83.53)

107 (81.06)

35 (92.11)

0.106

Exchange transfusion, n(%)

39 (22.94)

23 (17.42)

16 (42.11)

0.001

  1. ALT Alanine transaminase, AKI Acute kidney injury, ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome, CRP C-reactive protein, ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, IQR Interquartile range, IVIG Intravenous immune globulin, M Median, PCT Procalcitonin, PCO2 Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, PO2 Oxygen partial pressure, PLT Platelet, PH Pulmonary arterial hypertension, WBC White blood cells
  2. aOther respiratory pathogen infections include the following pathogens: Adenovirus, Epstein-Barr Virus, Bocavirus, Parainfluenza Virus, Coronavirus, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza Virus, Acinetobacter baumannii, Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, Moraxella catarrhalis, Enterobacter aerogenes, Serratia marcescens, Leminospira nodosa, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, Klebsiella oxytoca, Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lysinibacillus sphaericus, Candida albicans, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia, Chlamydia trachomatis, and others