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. 2013 May;16(5):492–495. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0536

Table 1.

Patient Demographics

  Total sample N=59 (100%) Low PACT involvement N=15 (25%) Medium PACT involvement N=28 (47%) High PACT involvement N=16 (27%)
Sex
 Female 33 (56%) 8 (53%) 13 (46%) 12 (75%)
 Male 26 (44%) 7 (47%) 15 (54%) 4 (25%)
Race
 White 27 (46%) 4 (27%) 14 (50%) 9 (56%)
 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 3 (5%)   1 (4%) 2 (13%)
 Black 3 (5%) 1 (7%) 1 (4%) 1 (6%)
 Am. Indian/Alaska Native 1 (2%)   1 (4%)  
 Other 17 (29%) 6 (40%) 7 (25%) 4 (25%)
 Declined to report 7 (12%) 4 (27%) 3 (11%)  
 Missing 1 (2%)   1 (4%)  
Language
 English 43 (73%) 10 (67%) 23 (82%) 10 (63%)
 Spanish 13 (22%) 4 (27%) 5 (18%) 4 (25%)
 Russian 1 (2%)     1 (6%)
 Hindi 1 (2%) 1 (7%)    
 Somali 1 (2%)     1 (6%)
Diagnostic category
 Congenital heart disease 25 (42%) 3 (20%) 15 (54%) 7 (44%)
 Shock, unspecified 3 (5%)   1 (4%) 2 (13%)
 Respiratory failure 11 (19%) 4 (27%) 3 (11%) 4 (25%)
 Neonatal meconium aspiration 7 (12%) 6 (40%) 1 (4%)  
 Congenital syndrome 6 (10%) 1 (7%) 4 (14%) 1 (6%)
 Noncardiac cardiomyopathy 3 (5%)   2 (7%) 1 (6%)
 Acute E-CPR 4 (7%) 1 (7%) 2 (7%) 1 (6%)
 
N=22 (37%)
N=4 (27%)
N=10 (36%)
N=8 (50%)
Died Mean Median Range Mean Median Range Mean Median Range Mean Median Range
Age (months) 31.7 0.5 0–255 37.9 0 0–255 21.8 0 0–199 43.1 9.5 0–193
Days in hospital 55.2 34 2–332 24.1 20 4–72 56.2 34 2–332 84.6 66 6–250
Days in ICU 33.3 23 2–250 16.4 13 4–47 28.7 23 2–81 58.8 33 6–250
Days in ICU pre-ECLS 5.5 1 0–74 3.2 0 0–22 5.0 1 0–37 8.4 1 0–74
Days on ECLS 8.8 5 0–34 5.4 4 0–13 8.9 5 1–34 11.8 9 3–32

ECLS, Extracorporeal life support; E-CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ICU, intensive care unit; PACT, Pediatric Advanced Care Team.