Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Table 5 Number of hospitalizations in 14 Austrian LCHADD patients

From: Clinical outcome, biochemical and therapeutic follow-up in 14 Austrian patients with Long-Chain 3-Hydroxy Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (LCHADD)

Patient	1st hospitalization and time of LCHADD diagnosis (age)	Length of 1st hospitalization (days)	Number of hospitalizations including 1st hospitalization	Length of hospitalizations (total days)	Range (days)	Median (days)
1	5 months	16	8	79	1-23	7
2	23 months	26	18	76	1-26	2
3	3 months	22	7	48	2-22	3.5
4	GA 32 weeks	29	34	114	1-29	3
5	GA 35 weeks positive family history		17	77	1-10	3
6	GA 32 weeks	36	6	16	2-36	3
7	GA 31 weeks; Dg. LCHADD 4 months	46	17	168	2-46	4
8	GA 29 weeks	26	22	181	2-29	4
9	NBS		6	22	1-9	4
10	GA 29 weeks	89	23	247	1-89	8
11	GA 32 weeks	55	10	94	1-55	3
12	GA 34 weeks	23	6	27	3-23	4
13	GA 25 weeks	91	2	94	3-91	47
14	NBS positive family history	6	2	23	6-17	11.5
Median		27.5	9	78
Range		6 – 91	2 – 34	16 – 247

Patients grouped by mode of diagnosis (see Table 1 and 2).
As the first hospitalization is often combined with other LCHADD independent causes, e.g. prematurity, it is listed separately. Except for Patient 7, first hospitalization and time of diagnosis are the same.

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