Table 2.
Clinical condition of patients
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percentages (%) |
| Duration of illness before PICU admission in days | ||
| ≤6 days | 71 | 22.7 |
| >6 days | 242 | 77.7 |
| Multiorgan dysfunction syndrome | ||
| Yes | 96 | 30.6 |
| No | 217 | 69.4 |
| Sources of admission | ||
| Home | 36 | 11.5 |
| Other facilities | 37 | 11.8 |
| Emergency room | 189 | 60.4 |
| Wards and operating rooms | 51 | 16.3 |
| Need for mechanical ventilation | ||
| Yes | 37 | 11.8 |
| No | 276 | 88.2 |
| Nutritional status, z-score | ||
| Normal | 163 | 52.1 |
| Moderate acute malnutrition | 50 | 16 |
| Severe acute malnutrition | 100 | 31.9 |
| Reasons for PICU admission | ||
| Altered mental status | 145 | 46.3 |
| Respiratory failure | 82 | 26.5 |
| Sepsis | 59 | 18.8 |
| Shock | 55 | 17.6 |
| Seizure | 46 | 14.7 |
| Diabetic ketoacidosis | 24 | 7 |
| Acute kidney injury | 24 | 7 |
| Congestive heart failure | 21 | 6.7 |
| Haemorrhage | 14 | 4.5 |
| Trauma | 6 | 1.9 |
| Others | 23 | 7.3 |
PICU, paediatric intensive care unit.