Table 1.
Patient characteristics over the study period
| Pre-implementation n = 104 |
Post-implementation n = 93 |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male, N (%) | 61 (59) | 57 (61) | 0.706 |
| Age at admission (years), mean (SD) | 4.9 (5.4) | 5.2 (5.3) | 0.607 |
| Median [Q1–Q3] | 2.2 [0.4–9.6] | 3.2 [0.4–9.7] | |
| Weight at admission (kg), mean (SD) | 20.3 (18.9) | 20.7 (17.8) | 0.660 |
| Reason for admission, N (%)* | |||
| Surgical cause | 25 (24) | 35 (38) | 0.039 |
| Non-surgical cause | 79 (76) | 58 (62) | 0.131 |
| Neurology | 41 (39) | 28 (27) | |
| Respiratory | 29 (29) | 22 (21) | |
| Sepsis | 9 (9) | 8 (8) | |
| Medical history, N (%) | 18 (17) | 15 (16) | 0.825 |
| Prematurity <34 weeks | 8 (8) | 4 (4) | 0.267 |
| Chronic respiratory failure | 1 (1) | 3 (3) | 0.345 |
| Congenital cardiopathy | 5 (5) | 6 (6) | 0.616 |
| Chronic cardiac failure | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 0.212 |
| Encephalopathy | 8 (8) | 5 (5) | 0.513 |
| PELOD score, mean (SD) | 18.8 (11.6) | 17.5 (11.6) | 0.746 |
| Death, N (%) | 18 (17) | 13 (14) | 0.522 |
| Inotropic drugs, N (%) | 75 (72) | 67 (72) | 0.991 |
| Neuromuscular blockade, N (%) | 38 (37) | 33 (35) | 0.878 |
| Dialysis, N (%) | 2 (2) | 4 (4) | 0.424 |
| Unplanned extubation, N (%) | 4 (4) | 3 (3) | 1.000 |
* Reason for admission: p = 0.039 is the p value of the difference between surgical and non-surgical admission diagnosis; p = 0.131 is the p value of the difference within the non-surgical admission diagnosis (neurology, respiratory, and sepsis)