Table 4. Number and proportions (%) of distribution of Pediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) score according to demographic and injury-related characteristics, Navi Mumbai, India.
The total column uses 157 as the denominator and the other %s are for row total except for total (which is column percentage) (significance * p<0.001)
| Characteristics | All | PEWS-Green | PEWS-Yellow | PEWS-Orange | PEWS-Red |
| N (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Total | 157 (100.0) | 17 (10.8) | 62 (39.5) | 57 (36.3) | 21 (13.4) |
| Age | |||||
| 1 month - 12 months | 7 (4.5) | 0 (0) | 4 (57.1) | 2 (28.6) | 1 (14.3) |
| >12 months - 5 years | 91 (58.0) | 12 (13.2) | 36 (39.6) | 37 (40.7) | 6 (6.6) |
| >5 years - 12 years | 59 (37.6) | 5 (8.5) | 22 (37.3) | 18 (30.5) | 14 (23.7) |
| Type of injury* | |||||
| Poisoning | 34 (21.7) | 2 (5.9) | 19 (55.9) | 13 (38.2) | 0 (0) |
| Bites | 56 (35.7) | 8 (14.3) | 10 (17.9) | 21 (37.5) | 17 (30.4) |
| Falls | 38 (24.2) | 5 (13.2) | 24 (63.2) | 9 (23.7) | 0 (0) |
| Road traffic accidents | 19 (12.1) | 0 (0) | 7 (36.8) | 9 (47.4) | 3 (15.8) |
| Others | 10 (6.4) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (20.0) | 5 (50.0) | 1 (10.0) |
| Time to hospitalization* | |||||
| Up to 1 hour | 92 (58.6) | 9 (9.8) | 44 (47.8) | 36 (39.1) | 3 (3.3) |
| > 1 hour to < 6 hours | 62 (39.5) | 7 (11.3) | 17 (27.4) | 20 (32.3) | 18 (29) |
| >= 6 hours | 3 (1.9) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0) |
| Outcome* | |||||
| Discharge | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Transfer to ward | 154 (98.1) | 17 (11.0) | 62 (40.3) | 57 (37.0) | 18 (11.7) |
| Death | 3 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (100.0) |
| Duration of stay in PICU* | |||||
| 1 day | 68 (43.3) | 17 (25) | 42 (61.8) | 6 (8.8) | 3 (4.4) |
| 2 days | 53 (33.8) | 0 (0) | 15 (28.3) | 30 (56.6) | 8 (15.1) |
| >2 days | 36 (22.9) | 0 (0) | 5 (13.9) | 21 (58.3) | 10 (27.8) |
| Major Intervention required | |||||
| No | 154 (98.1) | 17 (11.0) | 62 (40.3) | 56 (36.4) | 19 (12.3) |
| Yes | 3 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.6) |