Table 3.
Clinical characteristics of patients need intensive care unit between the pandemic year 2021 and pre-pandemic years 2016−2019 for RSV.
| Pre-pandemic years (n=376) |
Pandemic year 2021 (n=66) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male sex, % | 248 (66.0) | 42 (63.6) | 0.72 |
| Median age, m | 3 (2-6) | 7 (2-24) | <0.001 |
| Age groups, % | |||
| 0-5m | 272 (72.3) | 27 (40.9) | <0.001 |
| 6-11m | 47 (12.5) | 12 (18.2) | 0.21 |
| 12-23m | 18 (4.8) | 6 (9.1) | 0.16 |
| 2-4y | 32 (8.5) | 12 (18.2) | 0.02 |
| 5-15y | 7 (1.9) | 9 (13.6) | <0.001 |
| Comorbidities, % | 106 (28.2) | 23 (34.9) | <0.001 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 64 (17.0) | 6 (9.1) | <0.001 |
| Respiratory diseases | 26 (6.9) | 5 (7.6) | 0.85 |
| Neurologic and muscular diseases | 18 (4.8) | 3 (4.5) | 0.93 |
| Malignancy | 6 (1.6) | 8 (12.1) | <0.001 |
| Metabolic diseases | 6 (1.6) | 2 (3.0) | 0.34 |
| Immunologic | 3 (0.8) | 2 (3.0) | 0.16 |
| Gastrointestinal | 1 (0.3) | 1 (1.5) | 0.28 |
| Renal | 1 (0.3) | 1 (1.5) | 0.28 |
| Complications during admission, % | |||
| Pneumothorax | 8 (2.1) | 3 (4.5) | 0.22 |
| Pleural fluid | 19 (5.1) | 3 (4.5) | 0.86 |
| Meningitis | 4 (1.1) | 1 (1.5) | 0.56 |
| Seizure | 4 (1.1) | 2 (3.0) | 0.22 |
| Apnea | 12 (3.2) | 2 (3.0) | 0.95 |
| Oxygen support, % | |||
| High-flow nasal canula | 150 (39.9) | 24 (36.4) | 0.59 |
| Mechanical Ventilation | 49 (13) | 11 (16) | 0.44 |
| Death, % | 1 (0.3) | 5 (7.6) | <0.001* |
P<0.001 means the difference is statistically significant.