Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients.
Patients | Controls | p value | Meningo-encephalitis | Sepsis | p value | Delirium | No delirium | p value | Abnormal EEG | Normal EEG | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number (n) | 24 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 16 | ||||
Age (months) | 34.0 [8.2,99.2] | 59.0 [35.5,79.0] | 0.845 | 99.0 [64.0,151.0] | 17.0 [5.5,55.0] | 0.032 | 21.0 [8.0,45.2] | 95.5 [17.2,151.2] | 0.133 | 62.5 [8.0,163.2] | 34.0 [9.8,77.0] | 0.581 |
Female (n,%) | 12 (50.0%) | 2 (18.2%) | 0.137 | 3 (33.3%) | 9 (60.0%) | 0.976 | 7 (58.3%) | 5 (41.7%) | 0.684 | 5 (62.5%) | 7 (43.8%) | 0.667 |
Male | 12 (50.0%) | 9 (81.8%) | 6 (66.7%) | 6 (40.0%) | 5 (41.7%) | 7 (58.3%) | 3 (37.5%) | 9 (56.3%) | ||||
BMI (kg/m²) | 16.2 [14.9,17.7] | 16.2 [14.9,17.0] | 0.790 | 16.1 [15.4,17.6] | 16.4 [14.8,17.6] | 0.976 | 16.5 [14.8,17.5] | 16.2 [15.3,18.7] | 0.885 | 19.6 [16.7,22.4] | 15.8 [14.8,16.6] | 0.037 |
pSOFA day 1 | 1.0 [0.0,2.0] | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.001 | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 2.0 [1.0,2.5] | 0.01 | 1.5 [1.0,2.0] | 0.0 [0.0,1.2] | 0.047 | 2.0 [0.8,2.2] | 1.0 [0.0,1.2] | 0.161 |
pSOFA day 3 | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | NA | NA | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.50 | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 1.000 | 0.0 [0.0,1.5] | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.053 |
pSOFA day 5 | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | NA | NA | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 1.000 | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.698 | 0.0 [0.0,0.2] | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.276 |
Length of hospital stay (days) | 7.0 [6.0,9.5] | NA | NA | 6.0 [5.0,8.0] | 8.0 [7.0,9.0] | 0.131 | 8.0 [7.0,11.8] | 6.5 [4.8,8.0] | 0.035 | 8.0 [7.0,9.0] | 7.0 [5.0,8.5] | 0.137 |
Length of ICU stay (days) | 4.0 [4.0,7.0] | NA | NA | 0.0 [0.0,2.0] | 5.0 [3.5,7.5] | 0.016 | 5.5 [2.8,8.8] | 1.0 [0.0,4.2] | 0.087 | 5.0 [1.5,9.0] | 4.0 [0.0,5.5] | 0.452 |
Pre-admission FSS | 6.0 [6.0,6.0] | 6.0 [6.0,6.0] | NA | 6.0 [6.0,6.0] | 6.0 [6.0,6.0] | NA | 6.0 [6.0,6.0] | 6.0 [6.0,6.0] | NA | 6.0 [6.0,6.0] | 6.0 [6.0,6.0] | NA |
Pre-admission POPC | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | NA | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | NA | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | NA | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | NA |
Pre-admission PCPC | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | NA | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | NA | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | NA | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | 1.0 [1.0,1.0] | NA |
Analgosedation (days) | 0.0 [0.0,0.4] | NA | NA | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.414 | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.692 | 0.0 [0.0,0.1] | 0.0 [0.0,0.0] | 0.061 |
Delirium (n,%) | 12 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 0.006 | 3 (33.3%) | 9 (60%) | 0.105 | NA | NA | NA | 4 (50%) | 8 (50%) | 1.0 |
