Table 3.

Treatment and Clinical Outcomes

	Hypouricemia (n = 16)	Normouricemia (n = 44)	P
Treatment
Ribavirin	12 (75)	41 (93.18)	0.074
Methylprednisolone	15 (93.75)	39 (88.64)	0.488
Intravenous immunoglobulin	11 (68.75)	25 (56.81)	0.299
Clinical outcomes
Duration of fever (d)	8.1 ± 4.7	9.6 ± 3.8	0.224
Hospital stay (d)	35.9 ± 31.4	26.2 ± 24.7	0.261
ARF	3 (18.75)	8 (18.18)	0.614
Death	5 (31.25)	9 (20.45)	0.292
Endotracheal intubation	9 (56.3)	11 (25)	0.026
Death and/or intubation	11 (69.8)	12 (27.3)	0.005

NOTE. Results expressed as number (percent) or mean ± SD.