Admission platelet count and indices as predictors of outcome in children with severe Sepsis: a prospective hospital-based study

Table 2 PRISM score, CRP, platelet count and parameters of the children with severe sepsis according to their outcome

Variable	Survivors	Non-survivors	p	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Variable	n = 41	n = 19	p	Odds ratio (95% CI)
PRISM Median / (IQR)	11/ (10–15.5)	26/ (24–40)	< 0.001*	2.1 (1.1–2.9)
CRP (mg/dl) Median / (IQR)	96/ (48–96)	192/ (96–192)	< 0.001*	1.01 (1.008–1.03)
PLT (10³/ml) Median / (IQR)	265/ (115.5–381.5)	73/ (43–104)	< 0.001*	0.989 (0.982–0.996)
MPV (fl) Median / (IQR)	7.9/ (7.3–9.5)	9.3/ (8.8–10.7)	0.004*	1.9 (1.005–2.4)
PDW (%) Median / (IQR)	14.9/ (13.9–17.3)	15.9/ (13.5–17.7)	0.830	0.95 (0.83–1.08)
PCT (%) Median / (IQR)	0.22/ (0.18–0.28)	0.09/ (0.07–0.16)	< 0.001*	0.1 (0.1–0.15)

PRISM pediatric risk of mortality score, CRP C-reactive protein, PLT platelet count, MPV mean platelet volume, PDW platelet distribution width, PCT plateletcrit, CI confidence interval
Mann Whitney test for non-parametric quantitative data (expressed as median) between the two groups
^*Significant difference at p value < 0.05

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