Table. Description of the Cohort.
| Variable | Patient groupa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (N = 3154) | Not approached (n = 896) | Approached | ||
| Declined (n = 816) | Consented (n = 1442) | |||
| Interventional trial | 844 (26.8) | 277 (30.9) | 246 (30.1) | 321 (22.3) |
| Prescreen PICU days, median (IQR) | 1 (0-1) | 1 (0-2) | 1 (0-1) | 1 (1-1) |
| PRISM III score, median (IQR)b | 9 (4-15) | 9 (3-15) | 9 (4-15) | 9 (4-15) |
| Age, median (IQR), y | 6.0 (1.9-12.5) | 4.8 (1.5-12) | 7.0 (1.9-13) | 6.5 (2.2-12.4) |
| Recorded sex | ||||
| Female | 1461 (46.4) | 406 (45.3) | 396 (48.5) | 659 (45.7) |
| Male | 1691 (53.6) | 489 (54.6) | 420 (51.5) | 782 (54.2) |
| Unknown | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 1 (0.1) |
| Elective admission | 283 (9.0) | 86 (9.6) | 70 (8.6) | 127 (8.8) |
| Patient origin | ||||
| ED | 1198 (38.0) | 335 (37.4) | 295 (36.2) | 568 (39.4) |
| Floor | 577 (18.3) | 148 (16.5) | 179 (21.9) | 250 (17.3) |
| Neonatal ICU | 57 (1.8) | 26 (29.0) | 11 (1.3) | 20 (1.4) |
| Operating room | 361 (11.4) | 100 (11.2) | 95 (11.6) | 166 (11.5) |
| Outside hospital | 961 (30.5) | 287 (32.0) | 236 (28.9) | 438 (30.4) |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||
| Black (non-Hispanic) | 855 (27.1) | 258 (28.8) | 253 (31.0) | 344 (23.9) |
| Hispanic | 484 (15.3) | 153 (17.1) | 102 (12.5) | 229 (15.9) |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 1204 (38.2) | 254 (28.3) | 321 (39.3) | 629 (43.6) |
| Otherc | 611 (19.4) | 231 (25.8) | 140 (17.2) | 240 (16.6) |
| Languaged | ||||
| English | 2635 (88.8) | 666 (79.8) | 706 (92.9) | 1263 (92.1) |
| Spanish | 151 (5.1) | 56 (6.7) | 26 (3.4) | 69 (5.0) |
| Arabic | 107 (3.6) | 59 (7.1) | 17 (2.2) | 31 (2.3) |
| Other | 74 (2.5) | 54 (6.5) | 11 (1.4) | 9 (0.7) |
| Religione | ||||
| None | 726 (23.6) | 187 (21.7) | 192 (24.0) | 347 (24.6) |
| Christian | 1634 (53.2) | 429 (49.8) | 420 (52.6) | 785 (55.6) |
| Muslim | 293 (9.5) | 132 (15.3) | 62 (7.8) | 99 (7.0) |
| Jewish | 117 (3.8) | 21 (2.4) | 48 (6.0) | 48 (3.4) |
| Other | 301 (9.8) | 92 (10.7) | 77 (9.6) | 132 (9.4) |
| SDI (IQR)f | 43 (18-83) | 53 (24-85) | 41 (18-82) | 40 (17-82) |
Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; ICU, intensive care unit; PICU, pediatric ICU; PRISM, Pediatric Risk of Mortality; SDI, Social Deprivation Index.
a
Unless otherwise indicated, data are expressed as No. (%) of patients.
b
Scores range from 0 to 74, with higher scores indicating greater mortality risk.
c
Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Indian, multiracial, other, and refused.
d
Data were available for 2967 patients.
e
Data were available for 3071 patients.
f
Ranges from 0 (least deprived) to 100 (most deprived) and was divided by 10 for reporting. Data were available for 3024 patients.