Table 1.
Age group (years) |
GC status | n | Fractures | Surgical contracture release |
Surgical spine stabilization |
KAFO for ambulation |
Nutrition with PEG |
Invasive ventilation |
Noninvasive ventilation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4–6 | Naive | 26 | 2 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Current | 27 | 3 (11) | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7–9 | Naive | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Current | 68 | 8 (12) | 2 (3) | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 3 (4) | |
Past | 2 | 1 (50) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10–12 | Naive | 6 | 1 (17) | 3 (50) | 0 | 1 (17) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Current | 47 | 7 (15) | 9 (19) | 0 | 5 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Past | 9 | 4 (44) | 1 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13–15 | Naive | 9 | 2 (22) | 1 (11) | 3 (33) | 0 | 1 (11) | 0 | 0 |
Current | 30 | 10 (33) | 5 (17) | 1 (3) | 2 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Past | 12 | 5 (42) | 3 (25) | 4 (33) | 1 (9) | 1 (8) | 0 | 1 (8) | |
16–18 | Naive | 4 | 3 (75) | 0 | 2 (50) | 1 (25) | 1 (25) | 0 | 2 (50) |
Current | 15 | 8 (53) | 5 (33) | 5 (33) | 5 (33) | 1 (7) | 0 | 3 (20) | |
Past | 10 | 5 (50) | 6 (60) | 5 (50) | 1 (11) | 1 (10) | 0 | 3 (30) | |
>18 | Naive | 16 | 3 (19) | 5 (31) | 9 (56) | 4 (25) | 3 (20) | 2 (13) | 9 (56) |
Current | 19 | 8 (42) | 11 (58) | 7 (37) | 8 (42) | 1 (5) | 0 | 6 (32) | |
Past | 15 | 7 (47) | 7 (47) | 10 (67) | 5 (33) | 1 (7) | 1 (7) | 4 (47) |
Data show number (%) of individuals. GC, glucocorticoid; KAFO, knee–ankle–foot orthoses; PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.