Table 6. Clinical features, treatment and status at discharge of the hospitalized children aged <5 years with severe acute respiratory infections in Matlab, Bangladesh, June–October 2010.
| Variable | Frequency (%) | |
| Hospitalized cases, n = 65 | Non-hospitalized cases, n = 76 | |
| Clinical features | ||
| Tachypnoea | 57 (88) | 76 (100) |
| Rhonchi | 54 (83) | 61 (80) |
| Crepitation | 54 (83) | 71 (93) |
| Subjective fever | 50 (77) | 65 (86) |
| Chest in-drawing | 47 (72) | 47 (62) |
| Stridor while calm | 22 (34) | 55 (72) |
| Mental status change | 27 (42) | 25 (33) |
| Unable to drink/breastfeed | 19 (30) | 21 (28) |
| Dry cough | 10 (15) | 3 (4) |
| Measured temperature ≥100.4°F | 5 (8) | 2 (3) |
| Vomiting | 5 (8) | 7 (9) |
| Diarrhoea | 1 (2) | 1 (1) |
| Convulsion | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Cyanosis | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Sore throat | 0 (0) | 2 (3) |
| Thoracic pain | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| Myalgia | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| Any danger sign | 57 (88) | 63 (83) |
| Peripheral oxygen saturation (%), median (IQR) | 94 (92–98)* | 94 (93–97) |
| Treatment received | ||
| Antibiotic agents | 61 (94) | 45 (59) |
| Supplemental oxygen | 25 (38) | 0 (0) |
| Antiviral agents | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Nebulization | 42 (65) | 2 (3) |
| Steroid | 22 (34) | 0 (0) |
| Status at discharge | ||
| Recovered | 14 (21) | NA† |
| Partially recovered‡ | 51 (79) | |
| Recovered within 21 days after discharge | 49 (96) | |
| Recovered >21 days after discharge | 2 (4) | |
*Information available for 62 cases.
†
Not Applicable.
‡
Did not recover fully, but with improvement of clinical condition were discharged with advise to continue treatment at home.