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Table 5 Symptom outcomes of children hospitalised with pneumonia in the sampled hospitals

From: A cross-sectional study of the clinical characteristics of hospitalized children with community-acquired pneumonia in eight eastern cities in China

 

TCM hospitals

WM hospitals

ORb

95% CIc

Pd

AORe

95% CIf

APg

Fever

        

  Cured

433

524

      

  Failed

15

64

3.5

2.0 ~ 6.3

<0.01

3.7

2.0 ~ 6.8

<0.01

Cough

        

  Cured

325

220

      

  Failed

269

470

2.6

2.6 ~ 3.2

<0.01

2.5

2.0 ~ 3.1

<0.01

Phlegm

        

  Cured

291

247

      

  Failed

209

104

0.6

0.4 ~ 0.8

<0.01

0.4

0.2 ~ 0.6

<0.01

Tachypnea

        

  Cured

179

78

      

  Failed

17

9

1.2

0.5 ~ 2.8

0.7

1.7

0.5 ~ 6.0

0.4

Rales

        

  Cured

446

335

      

  Failed

61

190

4.1

3.0 ~ 5.7

<0.01

7.2

4.8 ~ 10.9

<0.01

Symptoms

        

  Cured

524

294

      

  Improved

72

403

      

  Faileda

2

3

9.8

7.3 ~ 12.9

<0.01

9.7

7.3 ~ 13.1

<0.01

  1. a5 cases experienced no improvement of symptoms and were voluntarily discharged.
  2. bodds ratio.
  3. codds ratio confidence interval.
  4. dP value.
  5. eThe odds ratio of adjusted gender, age, pathogen, previous medical history.
  6. fThe odds ratio confidence interval of adjusted gender, age, pathogen, previous medical history.
  7. gThe P value of adjusted gender, age, pathogen, previous medical history.
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