Table 2 Escalation index in 228 patient episodes a
PICU admission | Ward | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient characteristics | N (%) | Median (IQR) EI | N (%) | Median (IQR) EI | p value |
All | 99 | 6 (5–7) | 129 | 4 (3–5) | < 0.001 |
Age | |||||
1 year | 43 (43) | 6 (5–7) | 58 (45) | 4 (4–4) | < 0.001 |
1- < 5 years | 29 (29) | 5 (4–7) | 40 (31) | 4 (3–5) | 0.001 |
5- < 12 years | 11 (11) | 7 (5–7) | 10 (8) | 4 (3–5) | 0.004 |
≥ 12 years | 16 (16) | 6 (5–7) | 32 (16) | 4 (3–5) | < 0.001 |
Chronic disease | 62 (63) | 6 (4–7) | 127 (98) | 4 (3–5) | < 0.001 |
Diagnosis | |||||
Respiratory | 45 (45) | 6 (5–7) | 50 (39) | 4 (4–5) | < 0.001 |
Cardiovascular | 12 (12) | 5.5 (4–6) | 53 (41) | 4 (3–4) | < 0.001 |
Neurological | 12 (12) | 5 (4–7) | 12 (9) | 3 (2.5–4.5) | 0.062 |
Blood cancer | 24 (24) | 6 (4–7) | 13 (10) | 4 (3–5) | 0.002 |
Reason for admission | |||||
Respiratory | 51 (52) | 6 (5–7) | 60 (47) | 4 (4–5) | < 0.001 |
Cardiovascular | 11 (11) | 5 (4–6) | 42 (33) | 4 (3–4) | < 0.001 |
Abdominal | 7 (7) | 5 (5–7) | 3 (4) | 4 (3–4) | 0.007 |
Infection | 6 (6) | 7 (6–7) | 7 (5) | 4 (2–5) | 0.001 |
Blood cancer | 14 (14) | 6 (5–7) | 13 (10) | 5 (4–5) | 0.049 |
Isolation | 39 (39) | 6 (5–7) | 39 (31) | 4 (4–5) | < 0.001 |
Medications (≥ 10) | 52 (53) | 6 (5–7) | 78 (60) | 4 (3–4) | < 0.001 |
Recent transition | 37 (37) | 6 (5–7) | 31 (24) | 4 (4–5) | < 0.001 |
Type of transition | |||||
24 h from ER | 20 (20) | 7 (6–7) | 18 (14) | 4 (4–6) | 0.002 |
48 h from PICU | 6 (6) | 5.5 (4–6) | 12 (9) | 4 (3.5–4) | 0.075 |