Clinical Study

Value of Chest Radiographic Pattern in RSV Disease of the Newborn: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Complications developed in newborns hospitalized in NICU with a RSV infection presenting a CPCR versus HPCR pattern.

CPCR 
( )
HPCR 
( )

Pneumothorax, (%)0 (0)1 (0.63)0.610
Pneumonia, (%)42 (41.6)21 (13.3)<0.001a
Sepsis, (%)2 (2.0)2 (1.3)0.649
Death, (%)1 (1.0)0 (0)0.391

NICU: neonatal intensive care unit; RSV: respiratory syncytial virus; CPCR: consolidation pattern in chest radiography; HPCR: hyperinflation pattern in chest radiography; aSignificant differences.