Clinical Study
Value of Chest Radiographic Pattern in RSV Disease of the Newborn: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 1
Demographic characteristics and risk factors of newborns hospitalized in NICU with an RSV infection presenting a CPCR versus HPCR pattern.
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| Demographic characteristics | | | | Gestational age, mean ± SD, wk | 36.3 ± 3.0 | 37.6 ± 2.6 | 0.012a | Weight, mean ± SD, g | 2828 ± 744 | 2980 ± 653 | 0.085 | Gender, (%) | | | 0.036a | Male | 46 (45.5) | 93 (58.9) | | Female | 55 (54.5) | 65 (41.1) | | Corrected gestational age, mean ± SD, wk | 39.6 ± 2.3 | 40.4 ± 2.2 | 0.006a | Postnatal infection, mean ± SD, d | 23.7 ± 13.3 | 21.8 ± 14.2 | 0.285 | Risk factors | | | | Prematurity, (%) | 33 (32.7) | 38 (24.1) | 0.129 | Gestational age 34 wk | 12 (11.9) | 12 (7.6) | | Gestational age 34–36+6 wk | 21 (20.8) | 26 (16.5) | | Congenital heart disease, (%) | 6 (5.9) | 3 (1.9) | 0.083 | Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, (%) | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.151 |
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NICU: neonatal intensive care unit; RSV: respiratory syncytial virus; CPCR: consolidation pattern in chest radiography; HPCR: hyperinflation pattern in chest radiography; asignificant differences.
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