Table 1.

Patient Demographics

Characteristic	(N=91)
Age (months)	18 (4.4–34.5)
Age group No. (%)
6 weeks to 1 year	38 (42%)
1 to 3 years	31 (34%)
3 to 6 years	22 (24%)
Female sex No. (%)	34 (37%)
Race or ethnic group No. (%)
White	63 (69%)
Black	4 (4%)
Hispanic	11 (12%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	`3 (3%)
More than one group	10 (11%)
Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category‡	1 (1, 2)
Pediatric Overall Performance Category§	1 (1, 3)
Pediatric Risk of Mortality III scores||	6 (0–12)
Mortality	12 (13%)
Primary Diagnosis No. (%)
Pulmonary	46 (51%)
Cardiovascular	12 (13%)
Neurological	9 (10%)
Infectious disease/Sepsis	6 (7%)
Congenital anomaly	6 (7%)
Gastrointestinal	5 (6%)
Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant	5 (6%)
Metabolic/trauma	2 (2%)
Secondary Diagnoses No. (%)	45 (49%)

Values with parentheses are number (percentage) or medians (first quartile, third quartile). Because of rounding, percentages may not total 100.

^‡Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category score ranges from 1 (normal cognitive development) to 6 (brain death). [30]

^§Pediatric Overall Performance Category score ranges from 1 (good overall performance) to 6 (brain death). [30]

^||Scores from the Pediatric Risk of Mortality III can range from 0-74, with higher scores indicating higher probability of death. [31]