Research Article
Determinants of Oxygen Therapy in Childhood Pneumonia in a Resource-Constrained Region
Table 5
Association of investigation findings and hypoxaemia at presentation.
| | Investigation results | Hypoxaemic
(%) | Nonhypoxaemic
(%) | value
|
| | Severe anaemia | 2 (2.5) | 13 (3.8) | 0.804** | | Malaria (RDT) | 5 (6.2) | 30 (8.8) | 0.434 | | Lobar opacities | 24 (29.6) | 74 (21.8) | 0.136 | | Infiltrates | 20 (24.7) | 87 (25.7) | 0.057 | | Cardiomegaly | 4 (4.9) | 3 (0.9) | 0.038
**
| | Bacteraemia | 7 (8.6) | 41 (12.1) | 0.316 | | Meningitis | 1 (1.2) | 3 (0.9) | 1.000** |
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Fisher’s exact test applied. The figures in parentheses are percentages of the total in each column.
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