Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients

Variable
Age	Age (in months, median and IQR*)	1–144 (8, 5–36)
	Less than 1 year; n (%)	135 (52.2%)
	1–6 years; n (%)	107 (36.5%)
	6–12 years; n (%)	33 (11.3%)
Sex	Males, n (%)	162 (55.3%)
	Females; n (%)	131 (44.7%)
	PRISM III (median, IQR)	10 (6 – 20)
Cause of admission	Medical n (%)	269 (91.8%)
	Surgical n (%)	24 (8.2%)
	MV† duration (median in days and IQR)	9 (5.0 – 15)

^*interquartile range;

^†MV mechanical ventilation