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

Table 4

Comparison of mortality between SUH and NCCHD PICUs.

Patient characteristics’	SUH (n = 116)	NCCHD (n = 13)	value
Age in months^a	2.3 (3–12)	23 (5–66)	0.024
Male/female^b	62/54 (53.4/46.6)	5/8 (38.5/61.5)	0.305
PIM-2^a	29.7 (9–94)	1 (0.7–4.8)	<0.0001
Length of stay in days^b	3 (1–7)	4 (1.5–10)	0.191
Main diagnostic categories^b
Cardiovascular disturbances	52 (44.8)	3 (23.1)	0.309
Respiratory distress/failure	10 (8.6)	1 (7.7)
Neurological disturbances	22 (18.9)	2 (15.4)
Postcardiac arrest	20 (17.2)	6 (46.2)
Others	12 (10.3)	1 (7.7)
Severe sepsis/septic shock^b	33 (28.4)	0	0.014
Comorbid conditions^b	69 (59.5)	9 (69.2)	0.460

(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.