Table 2.
Outcomes and complications during PICU hospitalization among studied population
| Variables | n=311 |
|---|---|
| Outcomes | |
| Mortality (n [%]) | 38 (12.2%) |
| Brain death (n [%]) | 7 (2.3%) |
| Length of hospital stay (mean±SD), day | 15.4±13.4 |
| Length of PICU stay (mean±SD), day | 10.8±11 |
| Hospital stay >7 days (n [%]) | 216 (69.5%) |
| PICU stay >7 days (n [%]) | 139 (44.7%) |
| Complications | |
| Acute kidney injury (n [%]) | 34 (11%) |
| Conservative (n [%]) | 23 (7.4%) |
| Peritoneal dialysis (n [%]) | 5 (1.6%) |
| Hemodialysis (n [%]) | 6 (2%) |
| Acute respiratory distress syndrome (n [%]) | 11 (3.5%) |
| Dissemination intravascular coagulopathy (n [%]) | 14 (4.5%) |
| Respiratory supports (n [%]) | 199 (64%) |
| Oxygen therapy (n [%]) | 96 (30.9%) |
| Noninvasive ventilation (n [%]) | 89 (28.6) |
| Mechanical Ventilation (n [%]) | 106 (34%) |
| Tracheostomy (n [%]) | 3 (1%) |
| Duration of mechanical ventilation (mean±SD), day | 3±7.1 |
| Nosocomial Infection (n [%]) | 59 (19%) |
| Sepsis (n [%]) | 20 (6.4%) |
| Aspiration Pneumonia (n [%]) | 10 (3.2%) |
| Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (n [%]) | 19 (6.1%) |
| Urinary Tract Infection (n [%]) | 45 (14.5%) |
| Catheter relative blood stream infection (n [%]) | 18 (5.8%) |
| Bacterial (n [%]) | 28 (9%) |
| Fungal (n [%]) | 13 (4.2%) |
| TPN (n [%]) | 49 (15.8%) |
| Hyperglycemia (n [%]) | 33 (10.6%) |
| Hypoglycemia (n [%]) | 5 (1.6%) |
| Multiorgan dysfunction (MOD) (n [%]) | 171 (54.9%) |
| Cardiovascular (n [%]) | 51 (16.4%) |
| Respiratory (n [%]) | 216 (69.5%) |
| Coagulation (n [%]) | 66 (21.2%) |
| Neurologic (n [%]) | 88 (28.2%) |
| Hepatic (n [%]) | 38 (12.2%) |
| Renal (n [%]) | 142 (45.8%) |
| P-SOFA score (mean±SD) | 4.3±3.6 |
| Number of organ dysfunction | |
| One (n [%]) | 95 (30.9%) |
| Two (n [%]) | 87 (28%) |
| Three (n [%]) | 45 (14.5%) |
| Four (n [%]) | 28 (9%) |
| Five (n [%]) | 10 (3.2%) |
| Six (n [%]) | 1 (0.3%) |