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Table 4 Treatments of 144 hospitalized children with pertussis

From: Mortality risk factors among hospitalized children with severe pertussis

Characteristics

Total

Survivors

Deaths

P-value

N = 144

N = 131

N = 13

Number

Number

Number

Macrolide treatments

    

 No use

4

3

1

0.001

 < 7 days after the onset of symptoms

15

10

5

 7–14 days after the onset of symptoms

64

58

6

 > 14 days after the onset of symptoms

61

60

1

 Azithromycin

118

108

10

0.704

 Erythromycin

28

24

4

0.281

Corticosteroid therapy

24

17

7

0.001

Immunoglobulin therapy

35

31

4

0.518

Respiratory support treatments

    

 Oxygen

32

32

0

0.038

 Non-invasive ventilation

6

5

1

0.439

 Need for conventional mechanical ventilation

18

9

9

 < 0.001

 Need for high-frequency ventilation

11

8

3

0.062

 The length of Mechanical ventilation > 7 days

15

13

2

0.627

Life support treatments

    

 Exchange blood transfusion

11

8

3

0.062

 CRRT

6

3

3

0.010

 Inhalation of NO

4

0

4

 < 0.001

 ECMO

2

1

1

0.173