Hospitalization Events among Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease in Basra, Iraq

Table 4

Length of hospital stay in relation to selected variables among patients with SCD.

Variable	LOS (mean ± SD)	value
Age (year)
≤5	3.81 ± 2.44	0.350
>5–10	4.63 ± 3.44
>10	4.42 ± 2.25
Sex
Male	4.18 ± 2.62	0.421
Female	4.55 ± 3.14
Type of SCD
SCA	4.48 ± 2.16	0.881
S/β-Thalassemia	4.31 ± 2.98
HU
Not received	4.59 ± 2.86	0.032
Received	3.41 ± 2.64
Final diagnosis
Acute painful crisis	4.10 ± 2.75	0.030
ACS/pneumonia	5.10 ± 2.44
ASSC	2.61 ± 0.96

value calculated by ANOVA test for age and final diagnosis and by -test for other variables.
Significantly different between ACS and splenic sequestration in relation to length of stay.
ACS: acute chest syndrome, ASSC: acute splenic sequestration crises, HU: hydroxyurea, LOS: length of stay, SCD: sickle cell disease, and SCA: sickle cell anemia.