1 |
Age (months), median, (IQR) |
6 (3, 9) |
2 |
Gender, Male/Female |
38/15 |
3 |
Term/ Preterm |
49/4 |
4 |
Birth weight, kg, median, (IQR) |
2.6 (1.7, 3.5) |
5 |
Weight for age, Z-score at enrolment, median, (IQR) |
-2.82 (-3,
-1.95) |
6 |
Length for age Z-score at enrolment, median, (IQR) |
-2.32 (-3.24,
-1.46) |
7 |
Clinical features at presentation |
Number (% of
total) |
|
Symptoms
Noisy breathing
Stridor
Wheeze
Cough
Barking cough
Breathlessness
Feeding difficulty
Occasional choking while feeding
Recurrent lower respiratory tract infection
|
44 (83)
24 (45.3)
7 (13.2)
21 (39.6)
8 (15.1)
4 (7.55)
22 (41.5)
16 (30.2)
19 (35.8)
|
8
|
Examination
General
Inspiratory stridor at rest
Retrognathia
Pallor
Down facies
Others
(Pectus excavatum, high arch palate, hemangioma face, club foot,)
|
9 (16.9)
3 (5.6)
3 (5.6)
2 (3.8)
1 (1.8) each
|
|
Respiratory
Tachypnea
Chest retraction
Audible wheeze
|
11 (20.7)
7 (13.2)
2 (3.8)
|
|
Chest Auscultation
Normal
Generalized rhonchi
Crepitations
Biphasic rhonchi
|
36 (67.9)
9 (16.9)
3 (5.6)
5 (9.4)
|