Table 2 Clinical characteristics of children with mild and severe adenovirus pneumonia according to the timing of BAL on admission
Variable | Mild group (n = 70) | Severe group (n = 64) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Early BAL (n = 21) | Late BAL (n = 49) | P value | Early BAL (n = 21) | Late BAL (n = 43) | P value | |
Demographic | ||||||
Age (months), median (range) | 44(4–96) | 40(2–132) | 0.6470 | 31(4–96) | 32(3–144) | 0.6601 |
Gender, male (%) | 12(57.14) | 29(59.18) | > 0.9999 | 13(61.90) | 25(58.14) | > 0.9999 |
Signs and symptoms | ||||||
Fever, no. (%) | 21(100.00) | 49(100.00) | > 0.9999 | 21(100.00) | 43(100.00) | > 0.9999 |
Cough, no. (%) | 19(90.48) | 45(91.84) | > 0.9999 | 20(95.24) | 40(93.02) | > 0.9999 |
Moist crackles, no. (%) | 15(71.43) | 37(75.51) | 0.7696 | 15(71.43) | 29(67.44) | > 0.9999 |
Tachypnea, no. (%) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | > 0.9999 | 15(71.43) | 30(69.77) | > 0.9999 |
Laboratory findings | ||||||
WBC(× 109/L) (5–12), median (range) | 7.1(3.6–17.1) | 7.0(2.9–18.3) | 0.5078 | 7.1(1.5–25.1) | 7.3(1.3–21.6) | 0.4624 |
HGB (g/L) (105–145), median (range) | 112(99–130) | 117(64–136) | 0.6103 | 105(66–145) | 106(56–132) | 0.3684 |
HsCRP (mg/L) (< 5), median(range) | 18.6(0.5–167.5) | 20.4(0.92–182.9) | 0.6228 | 25.09 (2.52–235.4) | 27.6(0.3–250.3) | 0.0921 |
LDH(U/L) (159–322), median (range) | 362(258–866) | 425(186–980) | 0.3874 | 570(266–2422) | 674 (217–3440) | 0.4033 |
Pulmonary imaging manifestations | ||||||
Consolidation, no. (%) | 8(38.10) | 23(46.94) | 0.6026 | 16(76.19) | 37(86.05) | 0.3595 |
Pleural effusion, no. (%) | 1(4.76) | 5(10.20) | 0.6607 | 7(33.33) | 19(44.19) | 0.4329 |
Pneumothorax, no. (%) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | > 0.9999 | 0 (0.00) | 1(2.33) | > 0.9999 |