Characteristics and Outcomes of Long-Stay Patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
| Autor: | Jan Hau Lee, Angela Hui Ping Kirk, Lu Qin Zhang, Judith Ju-Ming Wong, Janil Puthucheary, Qian Wen Sng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatric intensive care unit
medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Independent predictor Comorbidity 03 medical and health sciences Long stay 0302 clinical medicine Intensive care Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Risk of mortality medicine Intensive care medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care. :001-006 |
| ISSN: | 2146-4626 2146-4618 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0037-1601337 |
| Popis: | Long-stay patients in the PICU have a higher risk of mortality as compared with non–long-stay patients. We aim to describe mortality and characteristics of long-stay patients and to determine the risk factors for mortality in these children. Total 241 (4.8%) long-stay admissions were identified. Mortality of long-stayers was 48/241 (20%). Higher severity-of-illness score at admission, need for organ support therapies, number of nosocomial infections, and bloodstream nosocomial infection were associated with a higher mortality in long-stay patients in the PICU. Based on multivariate analysis, oncologic diagnosis as a preexisting comorbidity is a strong independent predictor of mortality for long-stay patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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