Early steroid pulse therapy among children with influenza virus-associated encephalopathy

Table 2 Number of patients with each unfavorable outcome

Outcomes	Number of patients (%)
Composite unfavorable outcome	104 (15.0)
In-hospital death	9 (1.3)
JCS ≥10 at discharge^a	21 (3.0)
Tracheostomy during hospital stay	8 (1.2)
Mechanical ventilation at discharge^a	15 (2.2)
Enteral tube feeding at discharge	21 (3.0)
Rehabilitation at discharge	83 (12.0)

Seventy-eight patients had one unfavorable outcome; twelve patients had two; six patients had three; four patients had four; three patients had five; and one patient had six.
JCS Japan Coma Scale
^aIncluding deceased patients

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