Clinical data of 90 children with bronchiolitis
| Groups | Mean age in months (range) | Mean length of stay in days (range) | Clinical severity | Radiological changes (segmental/lobar collapse/consolidation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe (%) | Mild (%) | Normal (%) | Abnormal (%) | ||||||||
| Febrile (n = 28) | 5.3 (1–10.25) | 4.2 (1–13) | 20 (71.4) | 8 (28.6) | 11 (39.3) | 17 (60.7) | |||||
| Afebrile (n = 62) | 4.0 (1–11.75) | 2.7 (1–10) | 181-150 (29) | 44 (71) | 52 (85.2) | 9 (14.8) | |||||
| p Value | 0.033 | < 0.005 | < 0.005 | < 0.005 | |||||||
↵1-150 One child had a very severe clinical course (ventilated) in the afebrile group.