Anemia among Pediatric Critical Care Survivors: Prevalence and Resolution

Table 2

Patient demographics.

	Total patients	Nonanemic	Anemic	𝑃 value*
No.	779	298	94	—
Age (years)	1.45 (0.8–9.4)	3.2 (0.65–9.9)	8.0 (1.0–14.4)	<0.001
Female (%)	367 (47%)	148 (50%)	49 (52%)	—
PRISM	3 (0–7)	3 (0–6)	5 (2–11)	<0.001
PELOD admission	10 (0–11)	2 (0–11)	10 (0–11)	0.002
PELOD max	10 (1–11)	2 (1–11)	11 (10–12)	<0.001
Length of PCCU stay (days)	2 (1–4.3)	1 (1–4)	4 (1.4–11)	<0.001
Discharge Hb (g/dL)	12.0 ± 3.0	11.7 ± 1.6	8.4 ± 1.6	<0.001

Data are presented as median (25th–75th percentiles) or mean ± SD.
∗Anemic versus nonanemic.