The profile and outcome of patients admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit.
Indian J Pediatr
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1993 Jan-Feb; 60(1): 5-10
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-81729
ABSTRACT
The records of all admissions to a 6-bed pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) over a period of 6 years were reviewed. The age, diagnosis, clinical service provided, duration of stay and outcome were recorded. Of the 3025 children admitted, 2092 (69.2%) were males. Neonates constituted 13.1% (400) and infants 57.1% (1727) of total admissions. The duration of stay ranged from 6 hours to 46 days, and 61 patients stayed for longer than 13 days (long-stay patients). The most common cause for admission was septicemia, seen in 459 patients (14.8%); 418 (13.8%) children had congenital heart disease, 407 (13.5%) lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) and 261 (8.6%) meningitis. The most common conditions necessitating long-stay in the PICU were meningitis (20%), Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome (16.6%), acute renal failure (20%), and septicemia (16.6%). There were 721 deaths giving a mortality of 23.5%. Of these 134 (18.6%) were due to septicemia, 103 (14.2%) due to congenital heart disease, 77 (10.6%) due to meningitis and 55 (7.6%) due to LRTI. The highest case fatality rate was seen with encephalitis (52.6%), followed by hepatic coma (51.3%), malignancies (43.2%), septicemia (29.1%) and meningitis (29.5%). The mortality was lower (9.8%) in long-stay patients than in short-stay patients (24.6%). There was gradual increase in proportion of cases requiring interventions including artificial ventilation (1% to 35%), peritoneal dialysis (1.5% to 11%), insertion of central venous pressure lines (0 to 10%), over the last 6 years.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
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Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Mortality
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Treatment Outcome
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India
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pediatr
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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