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Table 5 Demographics and Injury Characteristics Associated with a Prolonged PICU Length of Stay

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

 

Prolonged PICU LOS Yes (n = 50)

Prolonged PICU LOS No (n = 145)

p-value

Age (years)*

4.9 [1.0–12.3]

6.0 [2.3–12.0]

p = 0.358

Gender (male)

32 (64.0%)

95 (65.5%)

p = 0.982

Minority (yes)

31 (62.0%)

48 (33.1%)

p < 0.001

Estimated Household Income Below Poverty Level (yes)

9 (18.0%)

20 (13.8%)

p = 0.624

Trauma Activation (full)

30 (60.0%)

34 (23.5%)

p < 0.001

Trauma Type (penetrating)

11 (22.0%)

8 (5.5%)

p = 0.003

Intentional Trauma (yes)#

21 (42.0%)

15 (10.3%)

p < 0.001

ISS$

17.5 [9.8–22.8]

9 [4.0–11.0]

p < 0.001

Operative Procedure^

35 (70.0%)

32 (22.1%)

p < 0.001

Organ Failure (yes)

45 (80.0%)

52 (35.9%)

p < 0.001

  1. Abbreviations and Definitions: PICU pediatric intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, ISS injury severity score, "Prolonged PICU LOS" defined as >2.5 days; “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 (%)