Red cell transfusions as an independent risk for mortality in critically ill children

Table 2 Demographic and clinical data of the study sample

Variables	Non-transfused^#	Transfused^{^}	p value
Age at admission (months)	83.2 ± 74.6	92.4 ± 81.2	0.01
Sex (M/F)	2385/2054	289/247	0.98
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	12.0 ± 2.2	10.4 ± 2.4	<0.001
Reason for PICU admission
Respiratory	1687/4439 (38 %)	95/536 (17.7 %)	<0.001
Cardiovascular	160/4439 (3.6 %)	70/536 (13.1 %)	<0.001
Gastrointestinal	134/4439 (3.0 %)	35/536 (6.5 %)	<0.001
Neurologic	703/4439 (15.8 %)	37/536 (6.9 %)	<0.001
Oncologic	160/4439 (3.6 %)	28/536 (5.2 %)	<0.06
Trauma	429/4439 (9.7 %)	106/536 (19.8 %)	<0.001
PRISM III score	2.5 ± 4.1	7.7 ± 9.0	<0.001
PIM2 score	−5.1 ± 1.5	−4.1 ± 1.8	<0.001
Day 1 PELOD	5.3 ± 5.2	9.7 ± 9.2	<0.001
Vasoactive agents	408/4439 (9.2 %)	94/536 (17.5 %)	<0.001
PICU LOS (days)	3.1 ± 5.9	9.5 ± 14.7	<0.001
Mechanical ventilation (days)	3.9 ± 8.9	9.1 ± 14.6	<0.001
Mortality n (%)	42/4439 (0.9 %)	48/536 (9.0 %)	<0.001
30-day mortality n (%)	40/4439 (0.9 %)	44/536 (8.2 %)	<0.001

PICU pediatric intensive care unit, LOS length of stay
^# n = 4439 for age at admission, PIM2, day 1 PELOD, PICU LOS; n = 1697 for hemoglobin level on admission; n = 4437 for PRISM III; n = 1131 for mechanical ventilation
^{^} n = 530 for age at admission and PIM2; n = 440 1697 for hemoglobin level on admission; n = 529 for PRISMIII; n = 536 for day 1 PELOD; n = 406 for PICU LOS; n = 304 for for mechanical ventilation

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