The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 8 Readmission and mortality among all studied groups

From: Platelet count as a predictor of outcome of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia at Zagazig University Hospitals, Egypt

Parameter	Group			Total (n = 250)	χ²	p value
Parameter	Group I (n = 15)	Group II (n = 202)	Group III (n = 33)	Total (n = 250)	χ²	p value
30 days readmission	6 (40%)	32 (15.8%)	12 (36.4%)	50 (20%)	7.92	0.034^a
30 days mortality	3 (20%)	10 (5%)	5 (15.2%)	18 (7.2%)	8.33	0.016^a

Group I, thrombocytopenia; group II, normal platelet count; group III, thrombocytosis
^aDifference between group II and other groups.

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