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Table 2 Patient characteristic on index visit are different between children with and without readmission

From: Risk factors of 90-day rehospitalization following discharge of pediatric patients hospitalized with mycoplasma Pneumoniae pneumonia

 

With readmission

Without readmission

P

n = 48

n = 376

Sociodemographic

Sex (Male)

31 (64.6%)

211 (56.1%)

0.268

Age (Year)

2 (1–4.6)

4.7 (2.5–7)

<0.001

Before and after admission

Ill day before admission

10 (5.5–15)

8 (6–14)

0.449

Febrile day before admission

3 (0–8.5)

6 (3–10)

0.002

Body Temperature on admission

38.5 (36–39.4)

39.3 (38.6–39.8)

<0.001

Hospital day

9 (7–15)

10 (7–14)

0.819

Febrile day after admission

1 (0–3)

2 (0–4)

<0.001

Clinical manifestation at presentation

Wheezing day

5 (3–8)

3 (2–10)

<0.001

Cough day

9 (4.5–15)

7 (5–12)

0.532

Diarrhea day

6 (5–7)

2.5 (2–3)

0.397

Radiographic finding

Normal

11 (22.9%)

38 (10.1%)

0.001a

Light diffuse shadowing

15 (31.2%)

68 (18.1%)

Consolidation

16 (33.3%)

169 (44.9%)

Pleural effusion

5 (10.4%)

75 (19.9%)

Severity on admission

ICU admission

7 (14.6)

26 (6.9%)

0.114

Mechanical ventilation

3 (6.3%)

13 (3.5%)

0.580

  1. Data were shown in median (IQR) or N (%). Comparative analysis was performed using the Chi-Square or Mann-Whitney U test, as appropriate
  2. aSeparately, p values are 0.009 for Normal group, 0.030 for Light diffuse shadowing group, 1.127 for Consolidation group, 0.112 for Pleural effusion group