Respiratory Presentation of Pediatric Patients in the 2014 Enterovirus D68 Outbreak

Table 4

Characteristics of children admitted to the PICU compared to children who did not require PICU admission.

	Admitted to ICU	No ICU admission	value
	(%)	(%)
	Total unless otherwise noted	Total unless otherwise noted
Mean age	7.4 years	7.1 years
Male gender	5 (50)	14 (58)
Initial PRAM (moderate/severe)	0, moderate	6, moderate (32)
	3, severe (100)	13, severe (68)
	(total )	(total )
Lymphopenia	7 (78)	12 (50)
	(total )	(total )
History of wheezing	8 (80)	16 (67)
Other medical comorbidities	6 (60)	5 (21)
Copathogen present on full respiratory virus PCR panel	7 (70)	4 (25)
	(total )	(total )

Medical comorbidities include children with congenital heart disease, chromosomal abnormalities, aspiration lung disease, dysautonomia, prematurity, and cerebral palsy.
Copathogens in ICU patients: adenovirus, Streptococcus pneumonia, and influenza A; copathogens in non-ICU patients: Streptococcus pneumonia, influenza B, and rhinovirus.