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

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Table 4 Comparison of clinical outcomes between ICU admission on initial PED visit and return PED visit

	ICU admission on initial PED visit	ICU admission on return PED visit
	Mean ± SEM / N (%)	Mean ± SEM / N (%)	p-value
Total	1365	136
Mortality	24 (1.8)	2 (1.5)	0.576
Ventilator use	43 (3.2)	10 (7.4)	0.017*
LOHS (days)	9.7 ± 0.35	8.3 ± 0.60	0.207

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