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J Pediatr Intensive Care
; 7(1): 1-6, 2018 Mar.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31073460
RESUMEN
Long-stay patients in the PICU have a higher risk of mortality as compared with non-long-stay patients. We aim to describe mortality and characteristics of long-stay patients and to determine the risk factors for mortality in these children. Total 241 (4.8%) long-stay admissions were identified. Mortality of long-stayers was 48/241 (20%). Higher severity-of-illness score at admission, need for organ support therapies, number of nosocomial infections, and bloodstream nosocomial infection were associated with a higher mortality in long-stay patients in the PICU. Based on multivariate analysis, oncologic diagnosis as a preexisting comorbidity is a strong independent predictor of mortality for long-stay patients.