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Table 2 Comparison of clinical characteristics between ICU admission on initial PED visit and admission to ICU on return visit

From: ICU admission following an unscheduled return visit to the pediatric emergency department within 72 hours

 

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

  1. BT body temperature, RR respiratory rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, WBC white blood cell, CRP C-reactive Protein
  2. 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)
  3. *Patients admitted to ICU on return visit were older and more were with chronic health condition