Characterization and Outcome of Two Pediatric Intensive Care Units with Different Resources

Table 3

Patients’ characteristics at SUH and NCCHD PICUs.

Patient characteristics’	SUH (n = 279)	NCCHD (n = 537)
Age in months^a	7 (3–22)	24 (8–65)
Male/female^b	153/126 (54.8/45.2)	307/230 (57.2/42.8)
PIM-2^a	8.6 (1.6–58.8)	1.2 (0.9–4.8)
Length of stay in days^a	3 (2–7)	6 (4–9)
Main diagnostic categories^b
Cardiovascular disturbances	89 (31.9)	57 (10.6)
Respiratory distress/failure	50 (17.9)	208 (38.7)
Neurological disturbances	44 (15.8)	156 (29.1)
Postcardiac arrest	24 (8.6)	14 (2.6)
Others	72 (25.8)	102 (19)
Sepsis^b	40 (14.3)	14 (2.6)
Comorbid conditions^b	154 (55.2)	338 (62.9)
Baseline PCPC^b
1 (normal)	158 (56.6)	368 (68.5)
2 (mild disability)	43 (15.4)	40 (7.4)
3 (moderate disability)	42 (15.1)	57 (10.6)
4 (severe disability)	35 (12.5)	72 (13.4)
5 (coma/vegetative state)	1 (0.4)	0
Exit PCPC^b
1 (normal)	79 (28.3)	338 (62.9)
2 (mild disability)	34 (12.2)	48 (8.4)
3 (moderate disability)	30 (10.8)	56 (10.4)
4 (severe disability)	16 (5.7)	78 (14.5)
5 (coma/vegetative state)	4 (1.4)	4 (0.7)
6 (brain death/death)	116 (41.6)	13 (2.4)

(a) Median (interquartile range). (b) Number of patients (%). NCCHD: National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan. SUH: Sohag University Hospital, Sohag, Egypt. PICUs: pediatric intensive care units. PIM-2: pediatric index of mortality-2. PCPC: Pediatric Cerebral Performance Scale.