Table 1 Epidemiological characteristics of pediatric patients admitted with severe sepsis in AGH between November 2018 and August 2020.

From: Multi-drug resistance and high mortality associated with community-acquired bloodstream infections in children in conflict-affected northwest Nigeria

Characteristic

Total (n = 234)

ITFC ward (n = 77)

Pediatric and isolation ward (n = 148)

p-value

n

%

n = 77

%

n = 148

%

Sex

Female

121

52

45

59

70

 

0.12*

Male

110

48

31

41

78

 

Missing

3

 

1

   

Age (years)

Mean (SD¥)

2.14 (2.09)

 

1.46 (0.84)

 

2.49 (2.30)

 

< 0.001**

Median

1.75

 

1.33

 

2.00

 

IQR

1.00–3.00

 

0.92–2.00

 

1.00–3.00

 

Age groups

0–2

165

73

70

91

95

64

< 0.001***

3–4

40

18

6

7.8

34

23

5–9

15

6.7

1

1.3

14

9.5

10–14

5

2.2

0

0

5

3.4

Missing

9

     

Ward admitted to

Inpatient ward

139

62

     

ITFC¥¥

77

34

     

Isolation

9

4.0

     

Missing

9

      

Clinical outcome

Discharged

129

55

32

42

91

61

0.005***

Death

82

35

38

49

41

28

LAMA¥¥¥

12

5.1

2

2.6

10

6.8

Lost to follow up

4

1.7

1

1.3

3

2.0

Referred

7

3.0

4

5.2

3

2.0

Duration of hospitalisation

24 h or less

42

19

16

21

26

18

0.8*

24–48 h

23

10

8

11

15

10

> 48 h

157

71

51

68

106

72

Missing

12

 

2

 

1

 

Time from admission to death (for those that died) (n = 82)

24 h or less

38

49

15

41

23

56

0.3*

24–48 h

9

12

6

16

3

7.3

> 48 h

31

40

16

43

15

37

Missing

4

 

1

   
  1. ¥SD standard deviation, ¥¥ITFC Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre, ¥¥¥LAMA Left Against Medical Advice, *Chi-square test of independence, **Wilcoxon rank-sum test, ***Fisher's exact test.
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