Determinants of Oxygen Therapy in Childhood Pneumonia in a Resource-Constrained Region
Table 4
Association between clinical features and presence of hypoxaemia at presentation.
Clinical features
Hypoxaemic (%)
Nonhypoxaemic (%)
value
Duration of symptoms
≤3 days
46 (56.8)
198 (58.4)
0.769
>3 days
35 (43.2)
140 (41.3)
Total
81 (100.0)
339 (100.0)
Gastroenteritis
16 (19.8)
68 (20.1)
1.000
T < 36.5°C
6 (7.4)
10 (2.9)
0.119*
Hyperpyrexia
6 (7.4)
19 (5.6)
0.538
RR ≥ 70 cpm
16 (19.8)
46 (13.6)
0.159
Grunting
49 (60.5)
77 (22.7)
0.000
Cyanosis
16 (19.8)
1 (0.3)
0.000
**
Head nodding
28 (34.6)
53 (15.6)
0.000
Inability to suck/feed
7 (8.6)
21 (6.2)
0.428
Heart failure
21 (25.9)
32 (9.4)
0.000
Convulsion
2 (2.5)
21 (6.2)
0.185**
Somnolence/lethargy
1 (1.2)
12 (3.5)
0.472**
+Underweight
28 (34.6)
122 (36.0)
0.811
+Stunting
11 (13.5)
60 (17.7)
0.374
+Severe wasting
18 (22.2)
68 (20.1)
0.665
!Oedematous PEM
1 (1.2)
8 (2.4)
0.530**
Yate’s correction applied. Fisher’s exact test applied. WHO/NCHS classification: underweight = weight for age < −2 SD; stunting = height for age < −2 SD, while severe wasting = weight for height < −3 SD from the mean. The figures in parentheses are percentages of the total in each column. RR: respiratory rate, cpm: cycles per minute, and : axillary temperature. Kwashiorkor and Marasmic kwashiorkor.
