Table 3.
Percentile of nutrient deficiency according to severity.
| Without pneumonia | With pneumoniaa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia | Oxygen | High-flow nasal cannula | Mechanical ventilator | ECMO or death | ||
| Number | 18 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 | 12 (66.7%) | 26 (81.3%) | 9 (75.0%) | 6 (66.7%) | 4 (80.0) | 3 (75.0%) |
| Vitamin B1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Vitamin B6 (PLP) | 2 (11.1%) | 1 (3.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Folate | 1 (20.4%) | 1 (3.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Selenium | 8 (44.4%) | 13 (40.6%) | 8 (66.7%) | 6 (66.7%) | 4 (100.0%) | 3 (100.0%) |
| Zinc | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| One or more deficiency | 13 (72.2%) | 28 (87.5%) | 11 (91.7%) | 8 (88.9%) | 5 (100.0%) | 4 (100.0%) |
ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; PLP, pyridoxal-5-phosphate.
a
Pneumonia includes cases with or without an oxygen supply. Oxygen includes high-flow nasal cannula, mechanical ventilator, and ECMO/death. High-flow nasal cannula includes mechanical ventilator and ECMO/death. Mechanical ventilator includes ECMO/death and one death.