Table 6.
Concomitant medication in children under 5 years old compared to other patients
| Drugs | < 5 years, number (%) N = 845 |
≥ 5 years, number (%) N = 1382 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antibiotics | 634 (75.0) | 876 (63.4) | < 0.00001 |
| Antalgics and NSAIDs | 631 (74.7) | 944 (68.3) | 0.001353 |
| Vitamins | 245 (29.0) | 402 (29.1) | 0.962106 |
| Other anti infectious | 254 (30.1) | 362 (26.2) | 0.047849 |
| Anemia drugs | 137 (16.2) | 68 (4.9) | < 0.00001 |
| Rehydration | 83 (9.8) | 97 (7.0) | 0.0185 |
| Flu drugs | 74 (8.8) | 61 (4.4) | 0.000031 |
| Corticosteroids | 67 (7.9) | 57 (4.1%) | 0.000145 |