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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Mar;18(3):e112–e121. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001062

Table 3.

Variables associated with non-elective readmission in the year after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge for children with cancer

Variable	Hazard Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-value
Reference: ICU LOS = 1 day	1.00
ICU LOS 2–3 days	1.10	0.98–1.22	0.094
ICU LOS 4–7 days	1.17	1.04–1.33	0.011
ICU LOS 8–13 days	1.38	1.17–1.62	<0.001
ICU LOS 14 days	1.02	0.85–1.23	0.814
Age Group
Age < 1 year	1.18	0.97–1.44	0.098
Age 1–4 years	1.45	1.30–1.63	<0.001
Age 5–12 years	1.17	1.06–1.30	0.003
Reference: Age 13–18 years	1.00
Surgical index ICU admission	0.62	0.56–0.67	<0.001
Underlying comorbidity
Gastrointestinal	1.22	1.04–1.43	0.013
Endocrinologic	0.84	0.71–0.99	0.033
Hematological	1.21	1.08–1.36	<0.001
Musculoskeletal	0.76	0.60–0.96	0.022
Index ICU admission acute condition
Conduction disorders	1.28	1.12–1.47	<0.001
Acute renal failure	1.69	1.42–2.02	<0.001
Device complications	1.39	1.20–1.61	<0.001
Abnormal weight loss	1.47	1.05–2.05	0.025
Feeding difficulties	1.27	1.03–1.57	0.024

ICU = intensive care unit; LOS = length of stay

Model Statistics