Clinical Study
Value of Chest Radiographic Pattern in RSV Disease of the Newborn: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 2
Disease characteristics in infants hospitalized in NICU with an RSV newborns presenting a CPCR versus HPCR pattern.
| Markers of disease severity | CPCR () | HPCR () | |
| Length of stay, median (IQR (25th–75th percentile)), d | 8 (5–12) | 7 (4–9) | 0.005a | Supplemental oxygen | | | | Requirement, (%) | 93 (92.0) | 124 (78.5) | 0.004a | Duration, median (IQR (25th-75th percentile)), d | 4 (3–7) | 3 (2–5) | 0.003a | O2 maximum concentration, median (IQR (25th–75th percentile)), (%) | 30 (28–50) | 30 (27–38) | 0.085 | Respiratory support | | | | Requirement, (%) | 50 (49.5) | 46 (29.1) | 0.001a | Duration, median (IQR (25th–75th percentile)), d | 3 (1–5) | 2 (1–3) | 0.184 | Invasive mechanical ventilation | | | | Requirement, (%) | 23 (22.8) | 17 (10.8) | 0.009a | Duration, median (IQR (25th–75th percentile)), d | 4 (2–6) | 3 (1–4) | 0.137 | Maximum inspiratory pressure, median (IQR (25th–75th percentile)), mmHg | 22 (20–28) | 20 (20–23) | 0.257 |
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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; IQR: interquartile range; asignificant differences.
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