Table 2.
Clinical outcomes of pediatric patients in intensive care units in Japan
| All Patients n = 4107 |
SSPs n = 3777 |
LSPs n = 330 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length of stay (days) | ||||||
| Average (SD) | 6.2 (11.7) | 4.2 (2.9) | 29.6 (31.8) | |||
| Median (IQR) | 3.0 (2.0–7.0) | 3.0 (2.0–6.0) | 21.0 (17.0–31.0) | |||
| ICU bed days [numbers (% total)] | 25659 | 15909 (62.0%) | 9750 (38.0%) | |||
| Mortality [numbers (%)] | 79 | (1.9%) | 49 | (1.3%) | 30 | (9.1%) |
| Discharge route [numbers (%)] | ||||||
| General ward | 3649 | (88.8%) | 3390 | (89.8%) | 259 | (78.5%) |
| Transfer to original hospital | 116 | (2.8%) | 90 | (2.4%) | 26 | (7.9%) |
| Transfer to new hospital | 51 | (1.2%) | 40 | (1.1%) | 11 | (3.3%) |
| Home | 212 | (5.2%) | 208 | (5.5%) | 4 | (1.2%) |
| PCPC on discharge [numbers (%)] | ||||||
| 1 | 2572 | (62.6%) | 2418 | (64.0%) | 154 | (46.7%) |
| 2 | 426 | (10.4%) | 395 | (10.5%) | 31 | (9.4%) |
| 3 | 435 | (10.6%) | 402 | (10.6%) | 33 | (10.0%) |
| 4 | 557 | (13.6%) | 498 | (13.2%) | 59 | (17.9%) |
| 5 | 32 | (0.8%) | 14 | (0.4%) | 18 | (5.5%) |
| 6 | 85 | (2.1%) | 50 | (1.3%) | 35 | (10.6%) |
| Delta PCPC* [numbers (%)] | ||||||
| 0 | 3871 | (94.3%) | 3633 | (96.2%) | 238 | (72.1%) |
| 1 | 66 | (1.6%) | 52 | (1.4%) | 14 | (4.2%) |
| 2 | 48 | (1.2%) | 29 | (0.8%) | 19 | (5.8%) |
| 3 | 38 | (0.9%) | 17 | (0.5%) | 21 | (6.4%) |
| 4 | 28 | (0.7%) | 9 | (0.2%) | 19 | (5.8%) |
| 5 | 48 | (1.2%) | 29 | (0.8%) | 19 | (5.8%) |
| Unknown | 8 | (0.2%) | 8 | (0.2%) | 0 | (0) |
*PCPC on discharge – PCPC before admission
IQR interquartile range, LSPs long-stay patients, PCPC Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category, SD standard deviation, SSPs short-stay patients