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. 2024 Apr 12;11(4):462. doi: 10.3390/children11040462

Table 6.

Therapeutic approach in the total study population according to the medical and surgical pathways. Statistically significant differences (p-value < 0.05) between drug administration in the medical and surgical populations are highlighted in bold fonts.

Therapeutic Approach Total Medical Surgical
Oxygen or ventilation, n (%) 548 (58.7%) 521 (64.5%) 27 (21.4%)
Crystalloids, n (%) 106 (11.3%) 79 (9.8%) 27 (21.4%)
Colloids, n (%) 28 (3%) 20 (2.5%) 8 (6.3%)
Glucagon or insulin, n (%) 26 (2.8%) 25 (3.1%) 1 (0.8%)
Electric therapy, n (%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Antiseizure, n (%) 98 (10.5%) 96 (11.9%) 2 (1.6%)
Sedatives, n (%) 47 (5%) 26 (3.2%) 21 (16.7%)
Psychoactive drugs, n (%) 11 (1.2%) 11 (1.4%) 0 (0%)
Antibiotics or antivirals, n (%) 172 (18.4%) 155 (19.2%) 17 (13.5%)
Antipyretics or analgesics, n (%) 269 (28.8%) 233 (28.8%) 36 (28.6%)
Antiemetics, n (%) 23 (2.5%) 17 (2.1%) 6 (4.8%)
Steroids, n (%) 260 (27.8%) 257 (31.8%) 3 (2.4%)
Drugs acting or airways, n (%) 376 (40.2%) 376 (46.5%) 0 (0%)
Diuretics, n (%) 12 (1.3%) 12 (1.5%) 0 (0%)
Cardioactive drugs, n (%) 27 (2.9%) 23 (2.8%) 4 (3.2%)
Dressings, n (%) 24 (2.6%) 1 (0.1%) 23 (18.3%)