Critical Care Research and Practice

Research Article

Safety of Vasopressor Medications through Peripheral Line in Pediatric Patients in PICU in a Resource-Limited Setting

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of study population (n = 369).


Characteristics		N (%)

Gender	Male	221 (59.9%)
Gender	Female	148 (40.1%)
Median age (months) (interquartile range (IQR))		24 (6–96)
Median weight (kg) (IQR)		10 [6–24]
WAZ (weight for age Z-scores)	Underweight	100 (36.4%)
WAZ (weight for age Z-scores)	Normal	175 (63.6%)
Admission source	Emergency room	293 (79.4%)
	Ward	40 (10.8%)
	SCU	28 (7.6%)
	CICU	1 (0.3%)
	Operating room	7 (1.9%)
Admission diagnosis	Sepsis	107 (29%)
	Respiratory disease	88 (23.8%)
	CNS	60 (16.3%)
	Hematology/oncology	44 (11.9)
	CVS	31 (8.4%)
	Renal	10 (2.7%)
	GI	8 (2.2%)
	Miscellaneous	21 (4.3%)
PRISM III (median-IQR)		8 [5–15]
Outcome (survival)		271 (73.4%)
Median length of hospital stay (days) (IQR)		7 (4–12)

IQR = interquartile range, SCU= special care unit (high-dependency unit), CICU = cardiac intensive care unit, CNS = central nervous system, and GI = gastrointestinal system.