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Table 3 Hospital-stay data

From: Bacterial meningitis in Sudanese children; critical evaluation of the clinical decision using clinical prediction rules

Duration of Hospital Stay

Hospital Diagnosis

Bacterial Meningitis

Brain Abscess

Febrile Convulsions

Non CNS Infections

Number of Cases

1 to 3 Days Stay in Hospital

11/186 (5.9%)

1/2 (50%)

8/19 (42%)

94/134 (70.1%)

114

4 to 7 Days Stay in Hospital

41/186 (22%)

1/2 (50%)

9/19 (47.4%)

36/134 (26.9%)

87

8 to 14 Days Stay in Hospital

129/186 (69.4%)

–

1/19 (5.3%)

3/134 (2.2%)

133

15 to 30 Days Stay in Hospital

4/186 (2.2%)

–

1/19 (5.3%)

1/134 (0.8%)

6

More than 30 Days Stay in Hospital

1/186 (0.5%)

–

–

–

1

Number of Cases (% Out of 356)

199 a (55.9%)

2 (0.6%)

19 (5.3%)

136 b (38.2%)

 
  1. aMissing data for 13 cases among those with Bacterial Meningitis; the denominator for percentages among Bacterial Meningitis is 186
  2. bMissing data for 2 cases among those with Non CNS Infections; the denominator for percentages among Non CNS Infections is 134
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