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Table 3 In hospital outcomes

From: In-hospital and post-discharge outcomes of pediatric acute myocarditis underwent after high-dose steroid or intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

 

First cohort study

Second cohort study

Variable

Non-Steroid*

Steroid*

P‡

Non IVIG

IVIG

P‡

Number of patients

208

104

–

178

89

–

Acute renal failure —no. (%)

1 (0.5)

1 (1.0)

0.624

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

New onset of dialysis —no. (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

Heart transplantation—no. (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

In hospital death—no. (%)

27 (13.0)

13 (12.5)

0.758

10 (5.6)

5 (5.6)

0.758

  1. ‡ Adjusted for propensity score (logistic regression for binary outcome or linear regression for continuous outcome);
  2. *Steroid: patients received high-dose steroid therapy; non-steroid: patients without receiving high-dose steroid therapy
  3. Abbreviations: IVIG intravenous immunoglobulin
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

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