From: Infants hospitalized for Bordetella pertussis infection commonly have respiratory viral coinfections
Variables used to score clinical severity | Pertussis (N = 28 infants) | Pertussis + Virus (N = 25 infants) | P Values |
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Hospitalization stay in days | 7 (1–41) | 7 (2–36) | 0.532* |
Severity score median (range) | 1 (0–7) | 1 (0–5) | 0.279† |
Heart rate in beats per minute median (range) | 145 (100–175) | 140 (120–175) | 0.235† |
Respiratory rate in breaths per minute median (range) | 39 (27–70) | 37 (27–60) | 0.702† |
Oxygen saturation median (range) | 99% (85–100%) | 98% (82–100%) | 0.524† |
Retractions | 7/23 (30.4%) | 4/22 (18.1%) | 0.602* |
Oxygen-therapy | 8/23 (34.8%) | 6/22 (27.3%) | 0.413* |
Fluid therapy | 7/23 (30.4%) | 2/22 (9.1%) | 0.077* |