Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics associated with mortality in paediatric intensive care patients
From: A comparison between raw and predicted mortality in a paediatric intensive care unit in South Africa
Variable | Total n/N (%) | Survived n/N (%) | Died n/N (%) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male sex | 278/521 (53.4) | 203/374 (54.3) | 75/147 (51.0) | 0.502 |
Elective admission | 100/530 (18.90 | 92/383 (24.0) | 8/147 (5.4) | < 0.001 |
Recovery | 107/530 (20.2) | 100/383 (26.1) | 7/147 (4.8) | < 0.001 |
HIV exposed | 108/463 (23.3) | 65/337 (19.3) | 43/126 (34.1) | 0.001 |
HIV PCR positivea | 29/103 (28.2) | 17/64 (26.6) | 12/39 (30.8) | 0.645 |
Post cardiac arrest | 49/527 (9.3) | 18/380 (4.7) | 31/147 (21.1) | < 0.001 |
Cardiac arrest in ICU | 88/522 (16.9) | 7/381 (1.8) | 81/141 (57.4) | < 0.001 |
Septic shock | 47/530 (8.9) | 13/383 (3.4) | 34/147 (23.1) | < 0.001 |
Chromosomal abnormality | 13/530 (2.5) | 7/383 (1.8) | 6/147 (4.1) | 0.133 |
Pupils fixed and dilated | 24/427 (5.6) | 6/310 (1.9) | 18/117 (15.4) | < 0.001 |
Surgical patient | 287/514 (55.8) | 229/370 (61.9) | 58/144 (40.3) | < 0.001 |
Post-operative | 253/522 (48.5) | 214/379 (56.5) | 39/143 (27.3) | < 0.001 |
Trauma patient | 88/530 (16.6) | 60/383 (15.7) | 28/147 (19.0) | 0.349 |
Non accidental injury | 21/530 (4.0) | 15/383 (3.9) | 6/147 (4.1) | 0.930 |
Patient intubated and ventilated | 487/528 (92.2) | 343/382 (89.8) | 144/146 (98.6) | 0.001 |
Inotropic support | 118/527 (22.4) | 36/382 (9.4) | 82/145 (56.6) | < 0.001 |
Upper respiratory tract | 45/530 (8.5) | 38/383 (9.9) | 7/147 (4.8) | 0.056 |
Lower respiratory tract | 186/530 (35.1) | 129/383 (33.7) | 7/147 (38.8) | 0.271 |
Cardiovascular | 99/530 (18.7) | 52/383 (13.6) | 47/147 (32.0) | < 0.001 |
Neurology | 137/530 (25.8) | 94/383 (24.5) | 43/147 (29.3) | 0.268 |
Gastrointestinal | 126/530 (23.8) | 89/383 (23.2) | 37/147 (25.2) | 0.640 |
Renal | 80/530 (15.1) | 40/383 (10.4) | 40/147 (27.2) | < 0.001 |
Haematology oncology | 99/530 (18.7) | 69/383 (18.0) | 30/147 (20.4) | 0.527 |
Metabolic problems | 129/530 (24.3) | 60/383 (15.7) | 69/147 (46.9) | < 0.001 |
Poisoning | 17/522 (3.3) | 10/380 (2.6) | 7/142 (4.9) | 0.188 |
Bacterial sepsisb | 89/523 (17.0) | 50/379 (13.2) | 39/144 (27.1) | < 0.001 |
Viral infection (excluding HIV)b | 36/513 (7.0) | 24/372 (6.5) | 12/141 (8.5) | 0.415 |
Fungal infectionb | 17/507 (3.4) | 8/369 (2.4) | 8/138 (5.8) | 0.062 |