Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics

Characteristic	Total (n = 193)	Neuroimaging (n = 49)	p
Patient demographics
Age (months), median (IQR)	12.63 (1.45–65.98)	32.47 (2.83–131.75)	0.32708
Age category, n (%)
0–28 days	37 (19)	7 (14)	0.535883
29 days–1 year	59 (31)	12 (24)	0.483706
1–5 years	47 (24)	9 (18)	0.450613
5–10 years	19 (10)	7 (14)	0.437024
>10 years	31 (16)	14 (29)	0.06253
Male, n (%)	126 (65)	30 (61)	0.61855
Paediatric Index of Mortality score, median (IQR)	9% (5–15%)	7% (3–14%)	0.79486
Paediatric Index of Mortality score-2, median (IQR)	8% (4–15%)	6% (3–14%)	0.79486
EEG, n (%)	74 (38)	33 (67)	0.000347
Max. 48 h vasoactive-inotropic score, median (IQR)	32 (13.25–81.88)a	32 (20–50)c	0.8493
Length of mechanical ventilation (days), median (IQR)	3 (2–10)b	6.5 (3–14)	0.00544
Length of stay in ICU (days), median (IQR)	5 (2–12.5)	9 (4–18)	0.0041
Mortality, n (%)	55 (28)	11 (22)	0.474274

EEG, electroencephalography; ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range.

^aNine missing data.

^bOne missing data.

^cTwo missing data.