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Table 3 Symptoms and signs without significant differences during hospital course of children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia diagnosed on clinical grounds

From: Differences upon admission and in hospital course of children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia with or without radiologically-confirmed pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristics

Radiologically-confirmed pneumonia

 

Yes

Normal CXR

P

Nod

P

D1a

n = 109b

n = 143b

 

n = 174b

 

 Tachypnoea

54/90c (60.0)

51/107c (47.7)

0.084

65/132c (49.2)

0.115

 Cyanosis

0

0

-

0

-

 Chest retraction

21 (19.3)

29 (20.3)

0.842

37 (21.3)

0.685

 Somnolence

1 (0.9)

1 (0.7)

1.000

1 (0.6)

1.000

 Nasal flaring

4 (3.7)

4 (2.8)

0.730

5 (2.9)

0.737

 Grunting

0

1 (0.7)

1.000

1 (0.6)

1.000

 Seizure

0

0

-

0

-

 Cough

41 (37.6)

44 (30.8)

0.255

55 (31.6)

0.299

 Breathlessness

18 (16.5)

33 (23.1)

0.199

42 (24.1)

0.127

D2a

n = 109b

n = 143b

 

n = 174b

 

 Tachypnoea

45/93c (48.4)

52/119c (43.7)

0.496

67/145c (46.2)

0.742

 Cyanosis

1 (0.9)

0

0.433

0

0.385

 Chest indrawing

11 (10.1)

14 (9.8)

0.937

19 (10.9)

0.826

 Chest retraction

14 (12.8)

16 (11.2)

0.688

20 (11.5)

0.734

 Somnolence

2 (1.8)

0

0.186

0

0.148

 Nasal flaring

1 (0.9)

1 (0.7)

1.000

1 (0.6)

1.000

 Grunting

0

1 (0.7)

1.000

1 (0.6)

1.000

 Seizure

0

0

-

0

-

 Cough

44 (40.4)

65 (45.5)

0.419

79 (45.4)

0.406

 Breathlessness

25 (22.9)

28 (19.6)

0.517

34 (19.5)

0.494

  1. Data are shown as n (%)
  2. CXR indicates chest radiograph
  3. aD1 is the first day after aqueous penicillin G has been initiated (24 h of treatment), D2 is the second day after aqueous penicillin G has been initiated (48 h of treatment)
  4. bn = number of evaluated patients in each subgroup on the respective day of hospital course
  5. cDifferent denominators due to missing data
  6. dIncludes normal CXR plus CXR with atelectasis or peribronchial thickening