Table 2 Characteristics of study population treated in HDU (N = 51)
From: Community acquired paediatric pneumonia; experience from a pneumococcal vaccine- naive population
Characteristics | Category | Count | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Duration of oxygen therapy in HDU (days) | < 1 | 2 | 3.92% |
1–3 | 30 | 58.82% | |
4–6 | 15 | 29.41% | |
> 6 | 4 | 7.84% | |
Day of the illness when the maximum O2 therapy was needed | 1–4 | 13 | 25.49% |
5–9 | 19 | 37.25% | |
10–15 | 8 | 15.69% | |
> 15 | 3 | 5.88% | |
N/A | 8 | 15.69% | |
Maximum O2 rate (L/min) | 1 | 14 | 27.45% |
2 | 19 | 37.25% | |
3 | 7 | 13.73% | |
4 | 3 | 5.88% | |
N/A | 8 | 15.69% |