Table 3.
Clinical presentation and physical examination findings associated with single versus viral coinfections.
| Single virus n (%) 289 (64.5) |
Coinfections n (%) 159 (35.5) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical presentation | |||
| Disease duration in days; mean (SD) | 5.3 (6.6) | 5.5 (4.4) | 0.79 |
| Cough; n (%) | 256 (88.6) | 148 (93.1) | 0.14 |
| Rhinorrhea; n (%) | 257 (88.9) | 142 (89.3) | 1 |
| Feeding difficulty/refusal; n (%) | 171 (59.2) | 85 (53.5) | 0.23 |
| Audible wheezing; n (%) | 95 (32.9) | 69 (43.4) | 0.03 |
| Vomiting; n (%) | 63 (21.8) | 31 (19.5) | 0.63 |
| Apnea; n (%) | 33 (11.4) | 14 (8.8) | 0.42 |
| Fevera; n (%) | 119 (41.2) | 96 (61) | 0.001 |
| Physical examination | |||
| Fever in the nurse's triagea; n (%) | 49 (12.6) | 37 (9.5) | 0.20 |
| SpO2b %; mean (SD) | 93 (4.9) | 93 (4.9) | 0.37 |
| SpO2b ≤ 92% in nurse's triage; n (%) | 92 (31.8) | 60 (37.7) | 0.34 |
| Respiratory rate, cycles per minute; mean (SD) | 53.9 (13.8) | 54 (13.8) | 0.48 |
| Retractions/nasal flaring; n (%) | 254 (87.9) | 145 (91.2) | 0.34 |
| Rales; n (%) | 204 (70.6) | 107 (67.3) | 0.52 |
| Prolonged expiratory time/wheezing; n (%) | 159 (55) | 112 (70.4) | 0.002 |
Bold values are values with statistical significance.
a
Temperature ≥ 38 °C.
b
Peripheral capillary oxygen saturation.