Table 1 Characteristics of critically ill children with bloodstream infections
Characteristic | n = 187 |
|---|---|
Age, years | |
  Median (IQR) | 0.75 (0.25–4) |
Male sex, n (%) | 100 (54) |
Admission category, n (%) | |
  Medical | 91 (49) |
  Cardiac-surgical | 44 (24) |
  Surgical | 22 (12) |
  Neurological/neurosurgical | 5 (3) |
  Trauma | 3 (2) |
  Burns | 3 (2) |
  Other/missing | 19 (10) |
Reasons for ICU admission, n (%)a | |
  Respiratory distress | 45 (24) |
  Septic shock | 45 (24) |
  Surgery | 37 (20) |
  Congenital heart disease | 28 (15) |
  Bloodstream infection | 14 (8) |
  Pneumonia | 12 (6) |
  Other | 101 (54) |
PRISM-IV | |
  Mean (SD) | 8.4 (7.2) |
  Median (IQR) | 8 (3–12) |