Table 3.
Management of Children Prior to Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Death
Patient Outcome/Intervention (n = 79) | No. (%) |
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Length of hospital admission, d, median (range) | 25 (1–780) |
ICU admission | 74 (93.7) |
Days in ICU, d, median (range) | 10 (1–191) |
In ICU for reason other than RSV | 19 (24.1) |
Received mechanical ventilation | 65 (83.3)a |
Received ECMO | 7 (8.9) |
Treated with palivizumab | 7 (8.9) |
Treated with RSV IVIG | 1 (1.3) |
Treated with IVIG | 4 (5.1) |
Treated with ribavirin | 10 (12.7) |
Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.
Abbreviations: ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ICU, intensive care unit; IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulin; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.
aDenominator of 78 (1 value not recorded).