Sign | Categories | Oxygen cases | Control group 1 RVH | Control group 2 MRC | p Value cases v control group 1 | p Value cases v control group 2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No ofx rays obtained | 60 (87%) | 58 (87%) | 36 (82%) | |||
Quality | Fair | 56 (93) | 52 (90) | 35 (97) | ||
Poor | 2 (3) | 5 (9) | 1 (3) | |||
Unreadable | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | ||||
Consolidation | None | 6 (10) | 9 (16) | 4 (11) | 0.06 | 0.3 |
Minor | 13 (22) | 20 (35) | 7 (19) | |||
Major | 29 (50) | 14 (25) | 13 (36) | |||
Lobar | 10 (17) | 14 (25) | 12 (33) | |||
Pleural involvement | None | 51 (88) | 52 (91) | 35 (97) | 0.8 | 0.25 |
Effusion | 5 (9) | 5 (9) | 1 (3) | |||
Pyopneumo- thorax | 2 (3) | |||||
Hyperinflation | Present | 17 (29) | 21 (37) | 3 (8) | 0.5 | 0.04 |