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Table 5 Treatment courses and outcomes of children with PIV infections

From: Epidemiology and clinical severity of the serotypes of human parainfluenza virus in children with acute respiratory infection

 

Total

PIV1

PIV2

PIV3

p value

n = 78

n = 32

n = 5

n = 41

Hospitalization days

7 (5,8)

6 (5,8)

7 (4.5, 8.5)

7 (6,9)

0.535

ICU admission

6 (7.7%)

1 (3.1%)

0

5 (12.2%)

0.223

Febrile days after admission

1 (0,2.5)

1 (0, 2)

4 (1.5, 6.5)

1 (0, 2)

0.226

Antibiotics use

57 (73.1%)

26 (81.2%)

3 (60.0%)

28 (68.3%)

0.332

Methylprednisolone use

13 (16.7%)

2 (6.2%)

1 (20.0%)

10 (24.4%)

0.090

Mechanical ventilation

2 (2.6%)

1 (3.1%)

0

1 (2.4%)

0.864

  1. ICU: intensive care unit