Table 2.
Relationship of variables of PIRO with mortality in children with pneumonia.
| Outcome | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Survivors (n=65) | Deceased (n=15) | p | RR | 95% CI |
| Age | 0.906 | ||||
| 1 month – < 6 months | 10 | 2 | 0.872 | 0.225–3.384 | |
| 6 months – < 5 years | 37 | 8 | 0.889 | 0.357–2.215 | |
| ≥ 5 years | 18 | 5 | 1.239 | 0.475–3.230 | |
| Gender | 0.828 | ||||
| Male | 37 | 9 | 1.109 | 0.436–2.819 | |
| Female | 28 | 6 | 1.0 | ||
| Comorbidity | |||||
| Malnutrition | 24 | 10 | 0.036 | 2.706 | 1.018–7.193 |
| Congenital heart disease | 11 | 3 | 0.720 | 1.179 | 0.382–3.634 |
| Asthma | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.849 | 0.065–11.092 |
| Immunosuppression | 17 | 6 | 0.346 | 1.652 | 0.663–4.115 |
| Source of infection | 1.00 | ||||
| Community | 53 | 12 | 1.0 | ||
| Nosocomial | 12 | 3 | 1.083 | 0.349–3.366 | |
| Clinical characteristics | |||||
| Hypoxemia | 52 | 15 | 0.052 | 6.382 | 0.405–100.522 |
| Hypotension | 1 | 8 | <0.001 | 9.016 | 4.300–18.902 |
| Organ dysfunction (combined) | 11 | 10 | <0.001 | 5.619 | 2.171–14.544 |
| Cardiovascular | 7 | 14 | <0.001 | 39.333 | 5.503–281.121 |
| Respiratory | 7 | 15 | <0.001 | 79.522 | 4.960–1275.02 |
| Renal | 0 | 3 | 0.006 | 6.417 | 3.815–10.791 |
| Liver | 0 | 5 | <0.001 | 7.500 | 4.212–13.355 |
| Neurologic | 2 | 5 | 0.002 | 5.214 | 2.482–10.954 |
| Hematologic | 0 | 5 | <0.001 | 7.500 | 4.212–13.355 |