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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008 Nov;9(6):553–559. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31818d32f1

Table 2.

Comparison of characteristics of CAP patients treated with or without positive pressure ventilation

Patient Characteristics
No PPV (n = 665) PPV (n = 82)
Age, median (range), yrs 2.1 (14 days–19 yrs) 1.4 (25 days–17 yrs)
Gender, n (%)
 Male 358 (54) 48 (58)
 Female 307 (46) 34 (42)
Race, n (%)
 Caucasian 197 (30) 35 (42)
 African American 468 (70) 47 (58)a
Comorbid conditions, n (%)
 Asthma 121 (18.2) 5 (6.0)a
 Chronic lung disease 20 (3.0) 13 (5.7)a
 Cystic fibrosis 2 (0.3) 1 (1.2)
a

p < 0.05 compared to frequency seen in patients without PPV (analyzed by chi-square test)

CAP, community-acquired pneumonia; PPV, positive pressure ventilation.