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Table 3 Demographics and Injury Characteristics by PICU Admission

From: US children of minority race are less likely to be admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit after traumatic injury, a retrospective analysis of a single pediatric trauma center

 

PICU Yes (n = 195)

PICU No (n = 381)

p-value

Age (years)*

6.0 [2.1–12.0]

9.0 [5.0–13.3]

p < 0.001

Gender (male)

127 (65.1%)

260 (68.2%)

p = 0.596

Minority (yes)

79 (40.5%)

224 (58.8%)

p < 0.001

Estimated Household Income Below Poverty Level (yes)

29 (14.9%)

107 (28.1%)

p < 0.001

Trauma Activation (full)

64 (32.8%)

28 (7.3%)

p < 0.001

Trauma Type (penetrating)

19 (9.7%)

33 (8.7%)

p = 0.333

Intentional Trauma (yes)#

36 (18.5%)

41 (10.8%)

p = 0.013

ISS$

9 [5–16]

2 [1–5]

p < 0.001

Operative Procedure^

67 (34.4%)

61 (16.0%)

p < 0.001

  1. Abbreviations and Definitions: PICU pediatric intensive care unit, ISS injury severity score; “Minority” defined as Black, Hispanic ethnicity, Native American, or “other” race; “Below Poverty Level” defined as living in a ZIP code where the estimated median annual household income for a family of 4 is less than the 2014 federal poverty level (<$23,850); *2 subjects with missing age data; #6 subjects with intentionality of trauma unknown; $6 subjects with unknown ISS; ^2 subjects with unknown surgical data; data presented as median [interquartile range], n (%)
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Injury Epidemiology

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