Cytokines and Metabolic Patterns in Pediatric Patients with Critical Illness
Figure 6
Mortality was (i) significantly higher (Pearson chi-square, asymptomatic significance 2-sided ) in the hypometabolic pattern (22.6%) compared to the hypermetabolic (6.7%) or normometabolic patterns (3.2%), (ii) exclusively restricted to patients with Pediatric Risk of Mortality Score (PRISM)10 (25.7% versus 0, ), and (iii) increased among those receiving partial or Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) (20% versus 6.4%, ).
