Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical data (n = 117)
Sociodemographic data: n (%) | Clinical Presentation: n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 1–3 mo. | 63 (53.8) | Respiratory distress | Yes | 113 (96.6) |
4–6 mo. | 54 (46.1 | No | 3 (2.6) | ||
Sex | male | 76 (65) | n.k. | 1 (0.9) | |
female | 41 (35) | Temperature | Normal | 50 (42.7) | |
Family size (No) | < 4 | 59 (50.4) | Low fever | 49 (41.9) | |
5–7 | 47 (40.2) | High fever | 14 (12) | ||
> 7 | 11 (9.4) | n.k. | 4 (3.4) | ||
Maternal education | No/Primary | 66 (56.4) | Auscultation | Clear chest | 13 (11.1) |
High school | 21 (17.9) | Wheeze or crackles | 103 (88) | ||
College | 9 (7.7) | n.k. | 1 (0.9) | ||
n.k. | 21 (17.9) | Bulging chest | Yes | 7 (6) | |
Residency | Urban | 90 (76.9) | No | 107 (91.5) | |
Rural | 22 (18.8) | n.k. | 3 (2.6) | ||
n.k. | 5 (4.3) | Dehydration | Yes | 7 (6) | |
Overcrowding | Yes | 63 (58.3) | No | 92 (78.6) | |
No | 48 (41) | n.k. | 18 (15.4) | ||
n.k. | 6 (5.1) | PICU admission | Yes | 4 (3.4) | |
Household smoking | Yes | 3 (2.6) | No | 112 (95.7) | |
No | 98 (83.8) | WBC (/μl) | < 5.000 | 2(1.7) | |
n.k. | 16 (13.7) | 5.000–15.000 | 94 (80.3) | ||
Infant feeding | EBF | 63 (53.8) | 15.000–20.000 | 11 (9.4) | |
Bottle | 13 (11.1) | > 20.000 | 8 (6.8) | ||
Mixed | 25 (21.4) | CRP | Low | 57 (48.7) | |
n.k. | 16 (13.7) | Positive / high | 26 (22.2) | ||
Sun exposure | Yes | 68 (58.1) | n.k. | 34 (29.1) | |
CXR | Normal | 19 (16.2) | |||
No | 48 (41) | Pneumonia | 6 (5.1) | ||
Bronchiolitis | 21 (17.8) | ||||
n.k. | 1 (0.9) | Not done | 59 (50.4) | ||
Monthly income (in ETB) | < 2000 | Blood culture | n.k. or not done | 114 (97.4) | |
> 2000 | |||||
n.k. | positive culture | 3 (2.6) | |||