Table 1 Patient characteristics.
From: Initial radiographic tracheal ratio in predicting clinical outcomes in croup in children
Croup patients | |
|---|---|
N (%/Mean ± SD) | |
Age (years) | 192 (2.06 ± 1.76) |
<1 | 38 (19.8) |
1–6 | 144 (75.0) |
>6 | 10 (5.2) |
Female/Male | 54/138 (1:2.5) |
Initial Westley score | 192 (3.2 ± 1.3) |
1–3 | 137 (71.4) |
4–6 | 54 (17.7) |
≥7 | 1 (0.5) |
Fever | 154 (80.2) |
Croup hx (+) | 34 (17.7) |
Steeple sign | 13 (6.8) |
Tracheal Angle* | 33.07 ± 8.79 |
FW (cm) | 2.03 ± 1.10 |
FR | 0.28 ± 0.15 |
LW (cm) | 3.79 ± 1.43 |
LR | 0.60 ± 0.17 |
Outpatient | 138 (71.9) |
LOS-total (hours) | 54 (54.4 ± 57.8) |
LOS-POU (hours) | 43 (14.8 ± 7.8) |
LOS-ward (hours) | 19 (115.0 ± 34.5) |
LOS-ICU (hours) | 2 (60.0 ± 50.9) |
