| |
ICU admission on initial PED visit
|
ICU admission on return PED visit within 3 days
|
|---|
| |
Mean ± SEM / N (%)
|
Mean ± SEM / N (%)
|
p-value
|
|
Total
|
1365
|
136
| |
|
Age (in years)
|
2.2 ± 0.16
|
3.3 ± 0.39
|
0.006*
|
|
Male
|
829 (60.7)
|
89 (65.4)
|
0.311
|
|
Chronic Health Condition
|
334 (24.5)
|
44 (32.4)
|
0.049*
|
| | |
First PED visit
|
Return PED visit
|
| |
Mean ± SEM / N (%)
|
Mean ± SEM / N (%)
|
p-value
|
Mean ± SEM / N (%)
|
p-value
|
|
Initial Vital Signs
|
N = 1365
|
N = 136
|
N = 136
| |
|
BT (°C)
|
37.7 ± 0.03
|
37.4 ± 0.09
|
0.003
|
37.4 ± 0.10
|
0.003
|
|
Heart Rate (/min)
|
145 ± 0.82
|
141 ± 2.7
|
0.161
|
145 ± 2.6
|
0.895
|
|
RR (/min)
|
27 ± 0.2
|
25 ± 0.4
|
0.008
|
26 ± 0.4
|
0.754
|
|
SBP (mmHg)
|
98 ± 0.9
|
107 ± 2.6
|
0.003
|
106 ± 3.3
|
0.007
|
|
DBP (mmHg)
|
60 ± 0.7
|
66 ± 2.2
|
0.030
|
65 ± 2.5
|
0.033
|
|
Laboratory Tests
|
N = 1313
|
N = 32
|
N = 128
| |
|
WBC (k/uL)
|
13.2 ± 0.53
|
10.1 ± 0.87
|
0.367
|
13.3 ± 1.82
|
0.987
|
|
Creatinine
|
0.52 ± 0.045
|
0.60 ± 0.105
|
0.841
|
0.46 ± 0.154
|
0.633
|
|
Sugar
|
122 ± 0.9
|
121 ± 13.4
|
0.988
|
136 ± 9.6
|
0.279
|
|
CRP (mg/L)a
|
35.3 ± 1.92
|
4.0 ± 1.53
|
< 0.001
|
40.3 ± 6.98
|
0.471
|
- BT body temperature, RR respiratory rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, WBC white blood cell, CRP C-reactive Protein
- a CRP was the only parameter to show a significant difference between the first and return PED visits among patients admitted to the ICU on a return visit (p < 0.001)
- *Patients admitted to ICU on return visit were older and more were with chronic health condition
