TABLE 3.
Admission Characteristics Including Severity of Illness Among coronavirus disease 2019 PICU Patients
| Category | N | Value, n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Source of admission | 872 | |
| Home | 87 (9.9) | |
| Hospital ED | 558 (64.0) | |
| Outside ED | 133 (15.2) | |
| Transfer | 62 (7.0) | |
| Nursing home | 1 (0.1) | |
| Other | 31 (3.5) | |
| Country | 874 | |
| United States | 837 (95.8) | |
| Others | 37 (4.2) | |
| ICU admission (yes)a | 874 | 404 (46.2) |
| Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (yes) | 838 | 236 (28.2) |
| Hospital day patient admitted to the ICUb, median (interquartile range) | 382 | 0 (0–1) |
| PRISM-III score, median (interquartile range) | 342 | 3 (0–8) |
| PRISM-III score categories | 342 | |
| Mild (< 10) | 284 (83.0) | |
| Moderate (10–19) | 52 (15.2) | |
| Severe (> 19) | 6 (1.7) | |
| Hospital mortality | 874 | 16 (1.8) |
ED = emergency department, PRISM-III = Pediatric Risk of Mortality-Third Edition.
aICU admission source: hospital ED 220 (59.3%), hospital floor/ward 63 (17.0%), operating room 3 (0.8%), other 6 (1.6%), outside ED/hospital (transfer) 65 (17.5%), outside ICU (transfer) 14 (3.8%) (total data available on 371 patients), number of patients admitted directly to ICU 232 (57.4%).
bHospital day patient admitted to the ICU represents duration of stay in hospital prior to ICU admission.
Other countries: Croatia 6 (0.6%), India 12 (1.3%), Japan 1 (0.1%), Nigeria 1 (0.1%), Pakistan 15 (1.7%), and Saudi Arabia 2 (0.2%).