Table 1.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with viral lower respiratory tract infection

Characteristic
Mean age, (min–max), SDa in months	18.8 (1–71), 15.6
Mean duration of hospitalisation (min—max), SDa in days	4.9 (1–24), 3.7
Clinical, number (%)
Pneumonia	58 (29.3)
Wheezing	111 (56.1)
Fever	103 (52.0)
Nasal symptoms	141 (71.2)
Pharyngitis	97 (49.0)
Added oxygen	66 (38.4)
Ventilatory support	9 (4.5)
Laboratory, mean (min–max), SD a
CRP (mg/l)	30.3 (3–211), 45.0
WBC (× 109/L)	14.7 (2.9–44.8), 6.5

^a SD-standard deviation