Hospitalization and supportive treatments
In total, 16 (14.1%) patients required follow-up in the pediatric
intensive care unit (PICU). Moreover, 56 (49.5%) received oxygen
therapy via nasal cannula (NC), and 18 (15.9%) via high-frequency nasal
cannula (HFNC). Thirteen (11.5%) patients were treated with noninvasive
mechanical ventilation (NIMV) and 2 (1.8%) with invasive mechanical
ventilation (IMV). In the CCAP group, hypoxia upon admission and the
need for inhaled oxygen via NC during hospitalization were more common
in the CCAP group than in the CAP group (p<0.001 and
<0.001, respectively). CCAP patients commonly required HFNC
(p=0.01). Admission at PICU and need for NIMV were more common in CCAP
patients than in CAP patients (p<0.001 and <0.001,
respectively). Meanwhile, the mean hospitalization durations in CAP and
CCAP patients were 6.35±2.41 and 19.71±15.60 days, respectively.
Therefore, the two groups significantly differed in terms of
hospitalization duration (p<0.001) (Table-2). No patient
developed systemic complications including sepsis, shock, and multiple
organ failure.