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Table 2 Diagnosis and outcome of patients enrolled in study and managed in ATU, n = 7026

From: Feasibility of establishing acute respiratory infection treatment units (ATU) for improvement of care of children with acute respiratory infection

 

SKIMS, Srinagar,N = 2532

KIMS, Hubbali,

N = 1802

AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, N = 2090

MP Saha Medical College, Jamnagar, N = 304

AIIMS, Jodhpur, N = 298

Total,

N = 7026

No pneumonia/URI

2347 (92.6)

1410 (78.2)

1917 (91.7)

224 (73.7)

192 (64.3)

6088 (86.6)

Pneumonia/LRI

187 (7.4)

392 (21.8)

173 (8.3)

80 (26.3)

106 (35.6)

938 (13.4)

Severe pneumonia

(% of pneumonia)

150 (80.2)

48 (12.2)

36 (20.8)

21 (26.2)

92 (86.8)

347 (36.9)

Radiologically confirmed pneumonia (in 1273 readable chest Xray)

170 (36)

319 (52.2)

16 (26.2)

15 (71.4)

66 (61.1)

583 (46)

Outcome in patients seen on outpatient basis

 Treated on ambulatory basis

2438 (96.3)

1502 (83.4)

2023 (96.8)

169 (55.6)

209 (70.1)

6341 (90.3)

 Admissions

94 (3.7)

300 (16.6)

67 (3.2)

135 (44.4)

89 (29.9)

685 (9.7)

Outcome in admitted patients

 Discharged

94 (100)

280 (93.3)

66 (98.5)

120 (88.9)

86 (96.6)

646 (94.3)

 Left against medical advice

-

19 (6.4)

-

13 (9.6)

-

32 (4.7)

 Death

-

1 (0.3)

1 (1.5)

2 (1.5)

3 (3.4)

7 (1.0)

Admission after being sent home

7 (0.3)

4 (0.3)

1 (0.05)

2 (1.2)

16 (0.25)

Proportion of patients with no pneumonia (WHO) who received antibiotics

394/2345 (16.8%)

84/1410 (5.9%)

136/1917 (7.1%)

99/224 (44.2%)

30/192 (15.6%)

743/6088 (12.2%)

  1. All values are expressed as n (%), diagnosis of no pneumonia, pneumonia and severe pneumonia was based on the WHO criteria [14]