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- Table 1:
Baseline characteristics of patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit
Characteristic No. (%) of patients* p value Total
n = 870Admitted from the ED
n = 386Transported from referring hospital
n = 484Sex Male 490 (56.3) 217 (56.2) 273 (56.4) > 0.9 Female 380 (43.7) 169 (43.8) 211 (43.6) > 0.9 Age, mo, median (IQR) 41 (9–121) 52 (10–135) 32 (7–115) 0.01 Weight, kg, median (IQR) 15 (8–35) 16 (9–36) 14 (7–31) 0.04 PRISM3 risk score, median (IQR) 0.63 (0.3–1.1) 0.49 (0.3–1.0) 0.63 (0.3–1.6) < 0.001 Admission category Respiratory 360 (41.4) 168 (43.5) 192 (39.7) 0.3 Cardiac 49 (5.6) 18 (4.7) 31 (6.4) 0.3 Neurologic 156 (17.9) 59 (15.3) 97 (20.0) 0.08 Gastrointestinal or surgical 13 (1.5) 5 (1.3) 8 (1.7) 0.9 Infections/sepsis 60 (6.9) 32 (8.3) 28 (5.8) 0.2 Endocrine 40 (4.6) 19 (4.9) 21 (4.3) 0.8 Trauma, burns or drowning 89 (10.2) 39 (10.1) 50 (10.3) > 0.9 Oncological 15 (1.7) 7 (1.8) 8 (1.7) > 0.9 Poison/overdose 40 (4.6) 11 (2.8) 29 (6.0) 0.04 Other 29 (3.3) 18 (4.7) 11 (2.3) 0.08 Missing 19 (2.2) 10 (2.6) 9 (1.9) 0.6 Transport modality Private vehicle 249 (28.6) 248 (64.2) 1 (0.2) – Ambulance 402 (46.2) 138 (35.8) 264 (54.5) – Helicopter 41 (4.7) 0 41 (8.5) – Fixed-wing aircraft 178 (20.5) 0 178 (36.8) – Distance, km, median (IQR) – – 67.1 (32.9–274.2) – Note: ED = emergency department, IQR = interquartile range, PRISM3 = Pediatric Risk of Mortality III.
↵* Unless stated otherwise.
- Table 2:
Outcome comparisons according to source of admission among patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit
Outcome Total
n = 870Admitted from the ED
n = 386Transported from referring hospital
n = 484p value PICU length of stay, d, median (IQR) 1.88 (0.8–4.1) 1.60 (0.8–3.4) 2.43 (0.9–4.6) < 0.001 Use of mechanical ventilation within 24 hours, no. (%) 591 (67.9) 224 (58.0) 367 (75.8) < 0.001 Hospital mortality, no. (%) 55 (6.3) 15 (3.9) 40 (8.3) 0.008 Note: ED = emergency department, IQR = interquartile range, PICU = pediatric intensive care unit.