Patients Data | Chest tube + lavage-irrigation N = 127 | Chest tube thoracostomy N = 119 | p value |
Average age (years) | 6.8 ± 5.6 | 6.7 ± 4.8 | 1.010 |
Male gender: n (%) | 70 (55.1) | 67 (56.3) | 1.052 |
Presenting symptoms (%) -Chest pain -Cough -shortness of breath -Fever -Weight loss -Dehydration |
52.2 65.2 60.9 91.3 26.7 20.0 |
66.7 60.5 46.7 80.0 34.8 30.4 |
0.970 0.185 0.633 0.208 0.141 0.276 |
Asymptomatic (%) | 8.7 | 20.0 | 0.067 |
Initial antibiotic usage (%) | 47.8 | 52.1 | 0.240 |
Duration of symptoms | 13.6 ± 9.9 | 18.4 ± 12.7 | 0.059 |
Traditional therapy used (%) | 33.8 | 31.0 | 0.671 |
Co morbidities (%) Diabetes HIV |
5.5 2.3 |
3.4 4.2 |
0.538 0.756 |
Radiological finding (n) Pyopneumothorax Pyothorax Pulmonary infections Scoliosis |
68 59 27 54 |
56 63 33 42 |
0.420 0.966 0.809 0.253 |