Table 1 Relationship between age, sex, and clinical presentation of inpatients with ARI and the proportion of patients with a positive viral panel
From: Epidemiology of viral respiratory infections in a pediatric reference hospital in Central Panama
Patient characteristics | All hospitalized patients with ARI (N=217) | Subgroup of patients tested with qPCR viral panel (N=85) |
|---|---|---|
Age group | ||
< 1 year | 87 (40·1%) | 27 (31·8%) |
1–4 years | 103 (47·5%) | 41 (48·2%) |
5–14 years | 27 (12·4%) | 17 (20·0%) |
Sex | ||
Male | 109 (50·2%) | 38(44·7%) |
Female | 108 (49·8%) | 47 (55·3%) |
Signs and Symptoms | ||
Fever | 150 (69·1%) | 67 (78·8%) |
Shortness of breath | 149 (68·7%) | 50 (58·8%) |
Dry cough | 123 (56·7%) | 49(57·6%) |
Rhinorrhea | 92 (42·4%) | 37(43·5%) |
Productive cough | 43 (19·8%) | 15 (17·6%) |
Vomiting | 34 (15·7%) | 13(15·3%) |
Diarrhea | 19 (8·7%) | 9(11·1%) |
Diagnosis at Hospitalization (ICD-10 Code) | ||
Suspected influenza due to unidentified influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J11.1) | 104 (47.9%) | 76 (89.4%) |
Pneumonia, unspecified organism (J18) | 48 (22.1%) | 2 (2.4%) |
Acute bronchiolitis (J21) | 35 (16.1%) | 5 (5.9%) |
Unspecified asthma with acute exacerbation (J45.901) | 30 (13.8%) | 2 (2.4%) |