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Table 2 System wise distribution of the patients admitted in PICU

From: Assessment of pattern and treatment outcome of patients admitted to pediatric intensive care unit, Ayder Referral Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2015

Variable

Frequency

Percentage

1. Non-infectious (N = 266)

 Cardiac

55

20.7

 Renal

47

17.7

 Respiratory

38

14.3

 CNS

38

14.3

 Endocrine

31

11.7

 GIT

29

11

 Trauma

14

5.3

 Others*1

29

10.9

2. Infectious (N = 134)

 Respiratory

52

38.9

 CNS

45

33.6

 Sepsis

27

20.7

 Others*2

6

4.4

3. Characteristics of the disease at initial ICU admission

 Medical

341

85.2

 Surgical

37

9.3

 Both

22

5.5

4. Characteristics of the disease at initial ICU admission

 Infectious

134

33.5

 Non-infectious

266

66.5

  1. N.B: *1-poisoning, drawing, alcohol intoxication, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, hematology
  2. *2-renal, musculoskeletal system, malaria