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Table 3 Treatment and illness severity among patients by influenza type

From: Clinical similarities between influenza A and B in children: a single-center study, 2017/18 season, Korea

Characteristics

Influenza type

P value

A (n = 128)

B (n = 109)

Hospitalization

44

35

0.783

Days of admission

n = 44

n = 34

 

 Mean, day (SD)

5.5 (3.2)

5.7 (2.6)

0.751

 Median, days (IQR)

5 (4–6)

5 (4–7)

 

Antiviral agent use

127 (99.2)

104 (95.4)

0.097

 Use of IV antiviral agent

1 (0.8)

4 (3.8)

0.183

Total duration of fever

n = 42

n = 34

 

 Mean, days (SD)

3.7 (2.6)

4.3 (2.3)

0.269

 Median, days (IQR)

3 (2–4.75)

4 (3–5)

 

Fever onset to initiation of antivirals

n = 126

n = 101

 

 Mean, days (SD)

1.3 (1.5)

1.6 (1.7)

0.074

 Median, days (IQR)

1 (0–2)

1 (1–2)

 

Initiation of antivirals to defervescence

n = 36

n = 28

 

 Mean, days (SD)

1.4 (1.3)

1.8 (2.0)

0.305

 Median, days (IQR)

1 (0.75–2)

2 (0–2)

 

Antibiotic use

47 (36.7)

35 (32.1)

0.457

Supplemental O2 use

4 (3.1)

3 (2.8)

> 0.999

Intensive care

 

2 (1.8)

0.210

Ventilator care

 

1 (0.9)

0.460

Outcome

 Recovered without sequelae

125 (97.7)

105 (96.3)

0.706

 Recovered with any sequelae

 

2 (1.8)

0.210

 Transferred or AMA discharge

3 (2.3)

2 (1.8)

> 0.999

  1. Values are presented as number (%), unless otherwise specified. SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; AMA, against medical advice