Home oxygen (n = 70) | No home oxygen (n = 120) | p Value | |
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Data are expressed per child and shown as median (range). | |||
PICU, Paediatric intensive care unit; GP, general practitioner. | |||
All admissions | |||
Number | 0 (0–5) | 0 (0–18) | 0.8510 |
Duration (days) | 0 (0–72) | 0 (0–62) | 0.9387 |
Admissions to paediatric ward | |||
Duration (days) | 0 (0–85) | 0 (0–61) | 0.9829 |
Admission to PICU | |||
Duration (days) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–5) | 0.1836 |
Outpatient attendances | 8 (0–39) | 5 (0–39) | 0.0021 |
Specialist attendances | 3 (0–104) | 1 (0–62) | 0.0023 |
Contacts with GP | 9 (0–43) | 10.5 (0–68) | 0.5023 |
Prescriptions | 13 (0–140) | 10 (0–103) | 0.0861 |