Demographics and clinical data
A total of 392 radiographs were included in the study, representing
patients who met inclusion criteria for the study from March 2020 to
November 2021. Age range was between 1 month and 18 years, with a median
age of 2 years old. Toddlers was the predominant age group (42%).
Gender was distributed 53% male and 47% female. Regarding readmission,
it was observed in 10% of the cases. Additionally, the presence of
comorbidities such as asthma, malnutrition, and malignant neoplasms was
documented. More than half of the patient had fever for more than 3
days, cough and runny nose. Codetection was assessed, revealing
bacterial-viral infections in 17% (9/392) of cases, and viral-viral
infections in 83% (43/329) of cases. The most frequently isolated
viruses were Syncytial Respiratory Virus, Influenza A and B, Adenovirus,
and Rhinovirus.
General demographic data and clinical characteristics regarding
evolution, treatment and outcomes are shown in Table 1.
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