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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Respir J. 2018 Aug 9;52(2):1800207. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00207-2018

Table 1:

Patient demographics of PICU cases compared with ED ARI cases

Demographics PICU cases n=229 EDARI cases n=181
Age (years), range 2.8 ± 4.0, 0–16 3.2 ± 2.7, 0–15
Male (%) 141 (61.6) 113 (62.5)
LOS in PICU (hours) 80.7 ± 145.8 -
LOS in hospital (days) 23.7 ± 54.5 1.4 ± 1.39*
Mechanical ventilation required 79(34.5) -
Associated co-morbidity 88 (38.4) 0 (0)*
Admission diagnosis
Asthma 63 (27.5) 121 (66.8)*
Bronchiolitis 67 (29.3) 32 (17.7)
Pneumonia 44 (19.2) 10 (5.6)*
Chronic lung disease 16 (7.0) 0 (0)*
LRI other 22 (9.6) 18 (9.9)
Respiratory failure 10 (4.4) 0 (0)*
Other respiratory admission diagnoses 7 (3.1) 0 (0)*
Seasons
Spring 61 (26.6) 36 (19.9)
Summer 25 (10.9) 9 (5.0)
Autumn 53 (23.1) 48 (26.5)
Winter 90 (39.3) 88 (48.6)

Data above is presented as n (%) and mean ± SD unless otherwise stated. LOS = Length of stay; LRI = Lower respiratory illness; PICU = Paediatric intensive care unit;

*

p<0.05 for PICU cases vs. ED ARI acute cases