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

Table 3 Patient outcomes between propensity score-matched patients with and without steroid pulse therapy

	With steroid pulse therapy N = 168	Without steroid pulse therapy N = 168	P value
Unfavorable outcome ^a, n (%)	23 (13.7)	14 (8.3)	0.16
In-hospital mortality, n (%)	1 (0.6)	2 (1.2)	1.0

^a Unfavorable composite outcome included (1) Japan Coma Scale ≥ 10 at discharge, (2) requiring tracheostomy during hospital stay, (3) requiring mechanical ventilation at discharge, (4) requiring enteral tube feeding at discharge, (5) requiring rehabilitation at discharge, and (6) in-hospital death

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