Table 1. Baseline, comorbidity and outcome characteristics in 1225 disease episodes among 1180 children admitted to hospital with fever over one year.
| Characteristic | Number or median (IQRa, range) |
| Demographics | |
| Number of episodes | 1225 |
| Male | 668 (54.5%) |
| Median (IQR, range) age (years) | 2.0 (0.8–6.4, 0.0–16.0) |
| Numbers in each age range: | |
| <28 days | 32 (2.6%) |
| 28 days to <1 year | 330 (26.9%) |
| ≥1 year to <5 years | 488 (39.8%) |
| ≥5 years to <16 years | 375 (30.6%) |
| Origin | |
| Acute transfer from other healthcare facility | 161 (13.2%) |
| Residence in Siem Reap district | 269 (22.0%) |
| Residence in Siem Reap province (not district) | 542 (44.2%) |
| Residence in neighbouring provinces | 371 (30.3%) |
| Residence in distant provinces | 43 (3.5%) |
| Known comorbidity b | |
| HIV infection | 58 (4.7%) |
| Hepatitis B infection | 5 (0.4%) |
| Hepatitis C infection | 1 (<0.1%) |
| Mean weight-for-age z-score (95% CI) | –1.97 (–4.5–+0.3) |
| Undernutrition (weight-for-age z-score <2 standard deviations below mean in those <5 yrs of age) | 371 (43.4%) |
| Congenital or rheumatic heart disease (on echocardiograpy) | 81 (6.6%) |
| Severe anaemia (<7.0 g/dL) on admission | 99 (8.1%) |
| Inpatient episode | |
| Median (IQR) duration of fever before hospitalisation (days) | 3 (2–5)c |
| Median (IQR, range) duration of hospitalisation (days) | 4 (3–8, 0–123) |
| Admitted to critical care unit at least once during admission | 300 (24.5%) |
| Requiring respiratory support | 192 (15.7%) |
| Needing CPAP alone | 81 (7.3%) |
| Needing mechanical ventilation | 111 (9.1%) |
| Mortality | |
| Died or discharged to die at home | 69 (5.6%) |
| Median (IQR, range) time to death (n = 69) (days) | 4 (2–10, 0–123) |
a
IQR interquartile range.
b
n = 1180 children except the z-score which was generated for those children <5 years of age using WHO (2006) data where n = 855.
c
3 children had caregiver reported fever for >1 month.