Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Characteristics | Number (%) of children requiring a bronchoalveolar lavage (total number = 153) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (months) | ||||
| ≤ 36 | 71(46.4) | |||
| > 36 | 82(53.6) | |||
| Median | 42 | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 81(52.9) | |||
| Female | 72(47.1) | |||
| Co-morbidities | ||||
| Asthma or allergic diseases | 21(13.7) | |||
| Congenital diseases of lung | 9(5.9) | |||
| Symptoms | ||||
| Fever | 126(82.4) | |||
| Cough | 144(94.1) | |||
| Wheezing | 23(15.0) | |||
| WBC | < 5 | 17(11.1) | ||
| (109/L) | 5–12 | 101(66.0) | ||
| > 12 | 35(22.9) | |||
| Neutrophil (%) | < 50 | 53(34.6) | ||
| 50–70 | 57(37.3) | |||
| > 70 | 43(28.1) | |||
| CRP (mg/L) | ≤ 10 | 87(56.9) | ||
| > 10 | 66(43.1) | |||
| Hospitalization | ||||
| Median length of stay-days | 8 | |||
| Mechanical ventilation | 5(3.3) | |||
| Oxygen absorption | 57(37.3) | |||
| Antibiotic treatment | 149(97.4) | |||
| Antiviral treatment | 19(12.4) | |||
| Corticosteroid treatment | 84(54.9) | |||
| Bronchoscopy time point | ||||
| Days after admission (median) | 3 | |||