Performance of PIM, PRISM, and PELOD scores in a resource-limited North Indian paediatric intensive care unit

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients, median (interquartile range)/n (%)

Characteristics	Total, n = 175	Survivors, n = 151	Non-survivors, n = 24	P value
Age in months	48 (12-126)	42 (12-132)	54 (4.7-102)	0.845
Age subgroups
1-12 months	56	49 (87.5)	7 (12.5)	0.686
13-60 months	46	40 (87)	6 (13)
61-120 months	29	23 (79.3)	6 (20.7)
> 120 months	44	39 (88.6)	5 (11.4)
Gender
Male	96	85 (88.5)	11 (11.5)	0.339
Female	79	66 (83.5)	13 (16.5)
Primary diagnosis
Respiratory disease	41	41 (100.0)	0	0.372
Renal disease	2	2 (100.0)	0
Sepsis	30	15 (50.0)	15 (50.0)
Neurological disease	43	41 (95.2)	2 (4.7)
Cardiac disease	10	10 (100.0)	0
Postoperative	1	1 (100.0)	0
Oncology	8	6 (75.0)	2 (25.0)
Trauma	2	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)
Endocrine	4	0	4 (100.0)
Hepatic disease	6	4 (66.7)	2 (33.3)
Poisoning	9	9 (100.0)	0
Metabolic disease	1	0	1 (100.0)
Gastrointestinal disease	18	17 (94.4)	1 (5.6)
Mechanical ventilation in first 24 hours	25	9 (36)	16 (64)	< 0.001
Inotropes in first 24 hours	26	14 (53.8)	12 (46.2)	< 0.001
Duration of PICU stay (days)	3 (1-5)	3 (1-4)	4 (2-7)	0.031
Duration of total hospital stay (days)	5 (4-9)	6 (4-9)	4 (2-7)	0.011
Referred out	13	7 (53.8)	6 (46.2)	0.231

PICU: Paediatric intensive care unit.