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Table 1 Demographics, anthropometry and disease characteristics of children admitted in a paediatric intensive care unit

From: An evaluation of enteral nutrition practices and nutritional provision in children during the entire length of stay in critical care

Diagnostic group

CHD surgical

Medical

General surgical

 

n = 48

n = 71

n = 11

 

Median/N

IQR/%

Median/N

IQR/%

Median/N

IQR/%

NSDs

367

 

453

 

67

 

Corrected age (y)

0.3*

0.9

0.3**

1.8

4.9

11.3

  Age <1 y

37

77%

44

62%

3

27%

Gender

      

  Male

32

67%

37

52%

6

54%

  Female

16

33%

34

48%

5

45%

Premature

9

19%

11

15%

3

27%

Weight (kg)

4.9

4.3

6.2

7.8

22.8

23.3

Weight z-score (SD)

−1.5***

1.4

−0.3

1.9

−0.8

2.0

Weight z-score ≤ −2

15

31%

11

15%

2

18%

PIM2

2.3*

3.1

1.2

3.9

0.5

4.2

Ventilation time (h)

93.5

115.5

106.0

100.0

72.0

197.0

PICU LOS (d)

5.8

5.7

5.7

4.6

5.7

5.3

Total LOS (d)

18.0***

25.8

11.0

12.0

12.0

25.0

Deceased

1

2.1%

2

2.8%

0

0%

  1. *CHD Surgical significantly different from General Surgical; **Medical different from General Surgical; ***CHD Surgical significantly different from Medical; NSDs: Nutritional Support Days; PIM2: Paediatric Index of Mortality score significantly; PICU LOS: Length of stay in paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), Total LOS: Total length of stay in hospital (i.e. ward and intensive care unit) per patient; IQR: Interquartile range.