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Table 2 Clinical symptoms, treatment outcome and case fatality rates of paediatric EVD patients treated at the 34 Military Hospital in Sierra Leone during the 2014–2016 EVD outbreak

From: Epidemiological characteristics, clinical manifestations, and treatment outcome of 139 paediatric Ebola patients treated at a Sierra Leone Ebola treatment center

EVD patients clinical symptoms

N (%)

Survived N (%)

Died N (%)

Case fatality rate (%)

p-value*

Total

139 (100)

108 (77.7)

31 (22.3)

22.3

 

Fever

115 (82.7)

90 (82.3)

25 (80.7)

21.7

0.79

Headache

132 (95.0)

103 (95.4)

29 (93.6)

22.0

0.65

Anorexia

138 (99.3)

107 (99.1)

31 (100.0)

22.5

1.00

Muscle pain

136 (97.8)

107 (99.1)

29 (93.6)

21.3

0.13

Chest pain

119 (98.6)

96 (88.9)

23 (74.2)

19.3

0.08

Abdominal pain

83 (59.7)

61 (56.5)

22 (71.0)

26.5

0.21

Cough

67 (48.0)

54 (50.0)

13 (41.9)

19.4

0.54

Diarrhoea

99 (71.3)

71 (65.7)

28 (90.3)

28.3

< 0.05

Vomiting

57 (41.0)

34 (31.5)

23 (74.2)

40.4

< 0.05

Fatigue

93 (67.0)

65 (60.2)

28 (90.3)

30.1

< 0.05

Skin rash

2 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

2 (6.5)

100.0

0.05

Bleeding

10 (7.2)

3 (2.8)

7 (22.6)

70.0

< 0.05

Difficulty swallowing

23 (16.6)

10 (9.3)

13 (41.9)

56.5

< 0.05

Conjunctivitis

20 (14.4)

10 (9.3)

10 (32.3)

50.0

< 0.05

Difficulty breathing

13 (9.4)

3 (2.8)

10 (32.3)

76.9

< 0.05

Stage one EVD infection

34 (24.5)

34 (31.5)

0 (0.0)

0.0

< 0.05

Stage two infection

89 (64.0)

71 (65.7)

18 (58.1)

20.2

 

Stage three EVD infection

16 (11.5)

3 (2.8)

13 (41.9)

81.3

 
  1. *p-value was obtained by applying chi square test by comparing the case fatality rates and clinical characteristics of paediatric EVD patients