Table 3:

Characteristics of Patient Deaths Compared by Pediatric Palliative Care Consult (N=85).

Patient Deaths	(+)PPC (n = 42)	(−) PPC (n = 43)	P
Age at time of death
Age in days, median (IQR)	140 (65–261)	71 (16–201)	0.031
Complex Chronic Conditions
CCCs at the end of first hospitalization, median (IQR)	3 (2– 4)	2 (1– 2)	<0.001
CCCs at time of death, median (IQR)	3 (2–5)	2 (1– 2)	<0.001
Hospital and CICU LOS
CICU LOS in days, median (IQR)	16 (5–52)	10 (3–22)	0.055
Hospital LOS in days, median (IQR)	58 (19–90)	18 (3–35)	0.001
Location of Death, n (%)
Intensive care unit	28 (67)	31 (72)
Home on hospice	10 (24)	1 (2)
Home unexpected	1 (2)	2 (5)
Hospital, not ICU	2 (5)	8 (19)
Chronic care facility	1 (2)	0 (0)
Unknown	0	1 (2)	0.020
Modes of death, n (%)
Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies	21 (50)	28 (65)
Comfort care	15 (36)	1 (2)
Died during resuscitation	5 (12)	11 (26)
No Escalation of therapy	1 (2)	2 (5)
Unknown	0	1 (2)	0.002

IQR = Interquartile range, PPC= Pediatric palliative care, CCC= complex chronic condition, CICU= Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, LOS= length of stay.