Research Article

Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A Retrospective Study

Table 3

Outcomes of patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia due to respiratory syncytial virus.

VariableAll patients
ICU admission
No ICU admission
value

MV duration (days), median (IQR)NA4.0 (3.5, 30.0)NANA
LOS in ICU (days), median (IQR)NA9.0 (5.0, 26.0)NANA
LOS in hospital (days), median (IQR)7.0 (4.0, 11.8)12.0 (10.0, 31.0)6.0 (4.0, 10.0)<0.001
Tracheostomy, (%)3 (3.8)3 (15.8)0 (0)0.02
Hospital mortality (%)7 (8.8)6 (31.6)1 (1.6)<0.001
30-day readmission19 (24.7)4 (25)15 (24.6)0.937

ICU: intensive care unit; IQR: interquartile range; LOS: length of stay.