Procalcitonin Value Is an Early Prognostic Factor Related to Mortality in Admission to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Table 1

Total number of patients: demographic and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit from October 2016 to February 2018.

Parameter	(%), mean ± standard deviation (SD)
Gender
Male	226 (54.1%)
Female	192 (45.9%)
Diagnosis at the PICU entry
Respiratory tract diseases	154 (36.8%)
Neurological diseases	67 (16.0%)
Septicemia	59 (14.1%)
Cardiovascular disease	38 (9.1%)
Intoxications	24 (5.7%)
Trauma	20 (4.8%)
Hematology-oncology	15 (3.6%)
Others	41 (9.8%)
Age of patients (years)	1/12–17 (3.76 ± 4.75)
Acute kidney injury	99 (23.7%)
Inotropic drug administration	95 (22.7%)
Continuous renal replacement treatment	42 (10.0%)
Mechanical ventilation application	118 (28.2%)
Length of PICU stay (days)	7.56 ± 10.51
PRISM score	14.81 ± 13.20
Mortality	13 (3.1%)
NIV application	201 (48.1%)
Number of patients administered blood product transfusion	154 (36.8%)

PICU: pediatric intensive care unit; PRISM: pediatric risk of mortality score; NIV: noninvasive mechanical ventilation.