Table 2.

Patient demographics, clinical and laboratory profile on admission and day 7 of pediatric critical care unit stay. Data expressed as median with interquartile ranges. NYHA=New York Heart Association, HF=heart failure.

	Day 0	Day 7	p-value*
Total patients	16
Age (yrs)	16 (5, 18)
Males (%)	8 (50%)
Ross/NYHA HF class	3(2–4)	3(1–4)	0.52
Vasopressor Score	5(0–5)	5(0–5)	0.62
Ejection fraction (%)	33 (19–46)	29 (21–53)	0.31
Sodium (mEq/L)	136 (135–140)	137 (136–141)	0.69
Blood Urea Nitrogen (mg/dL)	14 (11–17)	16 (12–24)	0.07
Serum Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.7 (0.3–1.0)	0.7 (0.4–0.8)	0.61
NT-pro BNP (pg/ml)	5,578 (2,952–14,591)	3,226 (642–7,610)	0.006

^*Values expressed as median (25 and 75th percentiles). Comparisons by Wilcoxon signed-rank test.