Delays in seeking and receiving health care services for pneumonia in children under five in the Peruvian Amazon: a mixed-methods study on caregivers’ perceptions

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of children admitted with CAP to HRL

Variable	N	(%)
Age, in months (median (IQR))^a	9	4–17
Sex (Girls)	26	43.6%
Reasons for seeking help at the hospital
Cough	57	93.4%
Fever	56	91.8%
Difficulty breathing	40	65.6%
Fast breathing	37	61.7%
Symptoms duration (median days (IQR))^a	6	4–7
Symptoms at admission
Cough	45	73.8%
Fast breathing (n = 58)^b	42	72.4%
Fever	26	42.6%
Intercostal retraction	38	62.3%
Subcostal retraction	22	36.7%
Hemoglobin (median (IQR)^a	10.2	9.3–11.0
Percentage of oxygen saturation (n = 33)(median (IQR))^a	93	90–96
Oxygen administration	37	62.7%
Hospitalization days (median (IQR))^a	5	4–7
Previous History
Previous pneumonia	11	18.3%
otitis	0
Vaccines administered at birth
BCG	52	86.7%
Hepatitis B	45	79.0%

^a(median (IQR)): In these rows, values shown under (n) are median values and values shown under the % column are interquartile ranges
^bFast breathing was defined as follows: If child was less than 2 months old: 60 breaths per minute (bpm) or more, if child was 2–12 months old: 50 bpm or more, or if child was 1–5 years old: 40 bpm or more [47]

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