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Table 4 Chest radiograph (CXR) findings, clinical diagnoses at time of CXR, and CXR indications for ITIP1 (fast-breathing pneumonia), ITIP2 (chest-indrawing pneumonia), and ITIP3 (pneumonia with comorbidities and/ or danger signs) studies

From: Chest radiography in children aged 2–59 months enrolled in the Innovative Treatments in Pneumonia (ITIP) project in Lilongwe Malawi: a secondary analysis

n (%)

ITIP1 N = 21

ITIP2 N = 49

ITIP3 N = 13

Total N = 83

p-value

CXR findings

    

0.008

 CXR with no significant pathology

9 (42.9)

21 (42.9)

1 (7.7)

31 (37.3)

 

 CXR with significant pathology

12 (57.1)

28 (57.1)

12 (92.3)

52 (62.7)

 

  Primary endpoint pneumoniaa

2 (16.7)

8 (28.6)

8 (66.7)

18 (34.6)

 

  Other infiltrates only

10 (83.3)

20 (71.4)

4 (33.3)

34 (65.4)

 

 Pleural effusion

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

Clinical diagnoses at time of CXR

    

0.006

 Fast-breathing pneumonia

3 (14.3)

7 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

10 (12.0)

 

 Chest-indrawing pneumonia

5 (23.8)

22 (44.9)

4 (30.8)

31 (37.4)

 

 Danger sign pneumonia

3 (14.3)

15 (30.6)

7 (53.8)

25 (30.1)

 

 Otherb

10 (47.6)

5 (10.2)

2 (15.4)

17 (20.5)

 

CXR indications

    

0.001

 First-line intravenous antibiotic treatment failure

4 (19.0)

17 (34.7)

3 (23.1)

24 (28.9)

 

 Isolated fever

9 (42.9)

1 (2.0)

1 (7.7)

11 (13.3)

 

 Treatment failure/relapse at Day 14

5 (23.8)

24 (49.0)

6 (46.2)

35 (42.2)

 

 Otherc

3 (14.3)

7 (14.3)

3 (23.1)

13 (15.7)

 
  1. p-values for CXR findings and CXR indications were obtained from Fisher’s exact tests; p-value for clinical diagnoses was obtained from chi-square test
  2. aThis category consists of CXR readings of primary endpoint pneumonia with or without other infiltrates
  3. bOther clinical diagnoses included 10 CXR-confirmed pneumonia cases, 6 isolated fever cases, and 1 severe acute malnutrition case in which pulmonary tuberculosis was being investigated
  4. cOther indications for CXR included 10 cases with an unclear or undocumented reason for ordering a CXR by requesting clinician, 1 case investigating possible foreign body aspiration, 1 case of isolated fever, and 1 case of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis