Table 1.
Demographics and illness history prior to PICU admission by survival, n (%)
| Overall N = 127 |
Survivors N = 115 |
Deaths N = 12 |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||||
| Female | 64 (50) | 60 (52) | 4 (33) | 0.21 |
| Race | 0.27 | |||
| Black or African American | 14 (12) | 12 (11) | 2 (17) | |
| White | 92 (79) | 84 (80) | 8 (67) | |
| Other | 11 (9) | 9 (9) | 2 (17) | |
| Hispanic or Latino ethnicity | 71 (56) | 65 (57) | 6 (50) | 0.64 |
| Age | 0.83 | |||
| < 3 months | 105 (83) | 95 (83) | 10 (83) | |
| 3 – 11 months | 15 (12) | 13 (11) | 2 (17) | |
| 1 year or older | 7 (6) | 7 (6) | 0 (0) | |
| Past medical history | ||||
| Premature | 34 (27) | 29 (25) | 5 (45) | 0.17 |
| Small for gestational age at birtha | 6 (5) | 6 (5) | 0 (0) | 1.0 |
| Documented pertussis vaccinations | 33 (26) | 29 (25) | 4 (36) | 0.48 |
| Chronic disease | 29 (23) | 26 (23) | 3 (25) | 1.0 |
| Chronic device | 11 (9) | 9 (8) | 2 (18) | 0.25 |
| History of current illness | ||||
| Cough during acute illness | 125 (98) | 114 (99) | 11 (92) | 0.18 |
| Cough started relative to PICU admission | 0.04 | |||
| < 1 week prior | 40 (32) | 33 (29) | 7 (64) | |
| 1 week to < 2 weeks prior | 57 (46) | 53 (47) | 4 (36) | |
| ≥ 2 weeks prior | 27 (22) | 27 (24) | 0 (0) | |
| Respiratory distress / hard to catch breath | 121 (95) | 110 (96) | 11 (92) | 0.46 |
| Cyanosis | 92 (72) | 85 (74) | 7 (58) | 0.31 |
| Apnea | 62 (49) | 57 (50) | 5 (42) | 0.60 |
| Whoop (parent report only) | 53 (42) | 52 (45) | 1 (8) | 0.02 |
| Altered mental status | 26 (20) | 22 (19) | 4 (33) | 0.26 |
| Seizures or convulsions | 11 (9) | 10 (9) | 1 (8) | 1.0 |
| Bradycardia | 31 (24) | 28 (24) | 3 (25) | 1.0 |
a
Small for gestational age based on < 10th percentile at birth (Lubchenko, et al., Pediatrics, 1963)