Organ support
The proportion of children admitted to the PICU / middle care during the hospital stay was lower for children receiving corticosteroids (60.9%versus 90.5%, p=0.011), and the duration of PICU / middle care stay was shorter for children with corticosteroids than for those without corticosteroids (median (IQR) 5.5 (4-9.3) versus 8.5 (5.8-14.3) days, p=0.017) (Table 2).
Organ support therapies were rare: only 1 patient (1%) received high-flow oxygen therapy, no patient received noninvasive ventilation, 4 patients (4.1%) were mechanically ventilated and 2 patients (2.1%) required inotropic and vasopressive support.