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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Feb 1;40(2):e49–e55. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002998

Table 2.

Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes by diagnosis

	Appendicitis (n=10)	MIS-C (n=10)	Pneumonia (n=16)	P value
Days fever PTA [Median (IQR)]	0 (0, 1.25)^b,c	5 (4, 6)^b	5 (1.25, 7.75)^c	<0.001^a
Days fever in hospital [Median (IQR)]	0.5 (0, 2.5)	1.5 (0, 2.75)	1 (1, 3)	NS^a
Disease severity [Median (IQR)]	1 (1, 1)^b,c	2.5 (1, 3)^b	2 (1.25, 2)^c	0.008^a
Hospital LOS [Median (IQR)]	3 (1, 8)^b	9 (4.5, 12)	7.5 (6, 16.25)^b	0.049^a

Kruskal-Wallis One Way Analysis of Variance on Ranks;

^b-e

P<0.05 by Dunn’s All Pairwise Multiple Comparison Procedures method; PTA, prior to hospital admission; LOS, length of stay; NS, not significant