Table 3.
Relationship between laboratory, chest radiograph, and complications with mortality in children with pneumonia.
| Outcome | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Survivors (n=65) | Deceased (n=15) | p | RR | 95% CI |
| Laboratory examination | |||||
| Leukocytosis | 32 | 8 | 0.775 | 1.143 | 0.458–2.853 |
| Leukopenia | 6 | 1 | 100 | 0.745 | 0.114–4.856 |
| CRP (> 0,5 mg/mL) | 44 | 14 | 0.045 | 5.310 | 0.742–38.023 |
| PCT (> 0,5 ng/mL) | 11 | 11 | <0.001 | 7.250 | 2.578–20.386 |
| Chest radiograph | 0.076 | ||||
| Simple | 62 | 12 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Complicated | 3 | 3 | 3.083 | 1.189–7.998 | |
| Other variables | |||||
| Positive bacterial blood culture | 7 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.643 | 0.097–4.267 |
| Mechanical ventilation | 3 | 7 | <0.001 | 6.125 | 2.841–13.203 |
| Admission to intensive care unit | 5 | 7 | 0.004 | 4.958 | 2.211–11.120 |