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Table 5 Characteristics of patients after exchange transfusion according to outcome

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

Variables

Survivors (n = 23)

Deceased (n = 16)

Before treatment

last detection

Before treatment

last detection

WBC (× 109/l),M (IQR)

62.40 (50.43, 70.32)

11.41 (10.05, 15.09)

80.06 (59.24, 92.89)

45.43 (26.12, 55.00)

Lymphocytic absolute value, M (IQR)

28.22 (22.88, 39.40)

6.11 (5.20, 8.67)

27.41 (24.56, 34.91)

15.36 (5.41, 18.37)

Monocytes absolute value, M (IQR)

2.45 (2.03, 3.98)

0.72 (0.56, 1.00)

3.76 (2.27, 4.91)

1.43 (0.82, 3.80)

Neutrophils absolute value, M (IQR)

22.47 (18.27, 31.67)

3.85 (2.41, 5.09)

42.75 (28.19, 53.60)

23.82 (18.75, 32.74)

PLT (× 109/l), M (IQR)

620 (547, 743)

591 (476, 715)

655 (508, 742)

153 (68, 249)

CRP (mg/l), M (IQR)

8 (8, 22)

8(8, 8)

32 (16, 44)

37 (27, 68)

  1. CRP C-reactive protein, IQR Interquartile range, M Median, PCT Procalcitonin, WBC White blood cells