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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar;13(2):141–145. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182231644

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with status asthmaticus and control subjects

Patients With Asthma Control Subjects p
Number 20 16
Age, yrs 11.9 ± 2.9 12 ± 3.3 NS
Sex, male/female 12/8 10/6
Initial clinical asthma score of Wood 3.1 ± 2.1 N/A
Initial pulmonary index 7.1 ± 3.2 N/A
Initial WBCa 13 ± 2.7 N/A
Percent eosinophils on WBC 1.8 ± 1.5 N/A
Percent polys on WBC 88 ± 12 N/A
EBC volume, mL 1.4 ± 0.3 1.5 ± 0.2 NS

WBC, white blood cell count; NS, not significant; NA, not applicable; Polys, polymorphonuclear leukocytes; EBC, exhaled breath condensate.

a

WBC in numbers/mm3. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.