Table 3.
Clinical responses of children with mild and severe adenovirus pneumonia according to the timing of BAL in the study
| Variable | Mild group (n = 70) | Severe group (n = 64) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early BAL (n = 21) |
Late BAL (n = 49) |
P value | Early BAL (n = 21) |
Late BAL (n = 43) |
P value | |
| Major indicators | ||||||
| Fever duration (days), median (range) | 8(5–11) | 10(5–18) | 0.0287 | 11(7–19) | 11(7–21) | 0.2670 |
| Length of stay (days), median (range | 8(6–12) | 11(6–19) | 0.0006 | 12(9–29) | 13(8–34) | 0.2893 |
| Minor indicators | ||||||
| Advanced life support | ||||||
| Mechanical ventilation, No. (%) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | > 0.9999 | 5(23.81) | 2(4.65) | 0.0335 |
| CBP, No. (%) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | > 0.9999 | 0(0.00) | 1(2.33) | > 0.9999 |
| ECMO, no .(%) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | > 0.9999 | 1(4.76) | 2(4.65) | > 0.9999 |
| Pulmonary sequelaes | ||||||
| PIBO, No. (%) | 0(0.00) | 1(2.04) | > 0.9999 | 5(23.81) | 10(23.26) | > 0.9999 |
| Bronchiectasis, no. (%) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | > 0.9999 | 1(4.76) | 3(6.98) | > 0.9999 |
| Outcomes | ||||||
| Mortality, no. (%) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | > 0.9999 | 1(4.76) | 1(2.33) | > 0.9999 |
CBP: continuous blood purification; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; PIBO: post-infectious bronchiolitis
The bold means p < 0.05, which had statistical significance