Table 3.

Risk factors for death.

Variable	Category	Deaths	OR (CI 95%)	p
		n (%)
Gender	F	23 (14,2)		0,718 *
	M	31 (15,6)
Age	< 1 year	13 (12,5)		0,390 *
	> 1 year	41 (16,0)
Readmission	Y	4 (26,6)		0,198 *
	N	50 (14,5)
MODS on admission	Y	35 (33,6)		< 0,0001*
	N	19 (7,45)
Type of admission	Clinical	47 (16,7)		0,082 *
	Surgical	7 (8,8)
Underlying disease	Y	50 (16,1)		0,147 *
	N	4 (8,1)
Use of MV	Y	54 (24,0)		< 0,0001*
	N	0 (0,0)
Use of vasoactive drugs	Y	47 (36,7)		< 0,0001*
	N	7 (3,0)
Number of vasoactive drugs used	0	7 (3,0)		< 0,0001**
	1	7 (11,6)
	2	14 (45,1)
	≥ 3	26 (70,2)
	add 1 drug		4,38 (3,16‐6,09)	< 0,0001***
Nosocomial infection	Y	30 (33,3)		< 0,0001*
	N	24 (8,9)
Use of PNT	Y	15 (46,8)		< 0,0001*
	N	39 (11,9)
Duration of PICU stay	until 3 days	10 (8,1)		< 0,0001**
	3 ‐ 7 days	7 (7,0)
	> 7 days	37 (27,0)
	add 1 day		1,02 (1,00‐1,03)	0,015***

F  =  female; M  =  male; N  =  no; Y  =  yes; MV  =  mechanical ventilation; PNT  =  parenteral nutrition; PICU  =  pediatric intensive care unit; MODS  =  multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

^*chi‐square test

^**chi‐square trend test

^***Wald test