Background
Methods
Study design, period, and setting
Population and sample
Data collection procedure
Variable of the study and operational definitions
Acute malnutrition (Wasting)
Length of Stay (LOS)
Data processing and analysis
Result
Socio-demographic characteristics
Clinical characteristics of children admitted to pediatric intensive care units
Characteristics | Frequency | Percentages (%) |
---|---|---|
Age in months | ||
≤ 12 | 88 | 28.1 |
13-24 | 29 | 9.3 |
25-60 | 66 | 21.1 |
61-132 | 63 | 20.1 |
>132 | 67 | 21.4 |
Sex | ||
Male | 187 | 59.7 |
Female | 126 | 40.3 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 71 | 22.7 |
Rural | 242 | 73.3 |
Caregivers | ||
Parents | 291 | 93 |
Grandparents | 8 | 2.6 |
Siblings | 8 | 2.6 |
Others | 6 | 1.9 |
Caregiver level of education | ||
No formal education | 242 | 77.6 |
Primary school | 32 | 10.2 |
Secondary school | 17 | 5.4 |
College and above | 21 | 6.7 |
Caregivers’ occupation | ||
Farmers | 223 | 71.2 |
Merchants and private | 32 | 10.2 |
Government employee | 31 | 9.9 |
Unemployed | 27 | 8.6 |
Season of admission | ||
Summer | 63 | 20.1 |
Spring | 45 | 14.4 |
Winter | 85 | 27.2 |
Autumn | 120 | 38.3 |
Clinical characteristics | ||
Duration of illness before PICU admission in days | ||
<6 days | 164 | 52.4 |
≥6 days | 149 | 47.6 |
Sources of admission | ||
Home | 36 | 11.5 |
Other facilities | 37 | 11.8 |
Emergency room | 189 | 60.4 |
Wards | 51 | 16.3 |
Vaccination status | ||
Complete | 203 | 64.9 |
Incomplete | 110 | 35.1 |
Comorbid illness | ||
Yes | 43 | 13.7 |
No | 270 | 86.3 |
ICD 10 diagnosis | ||
Neurology | 71 | 26.7 |
Infectious disease | 59 | 18.8 |
Trauma and environmental | 37 | 11.8 |
Metabolic diseases | 28 | 8.9 |
Congenital malformation | 23 | 7.4 |
Cardiovascular disease | 21 | 6.7 |
Gastrointestinal | 20 | 6.4 |
Renal diseases | 20 | 6.4 |
Respiratory diseases | 18 | 5.7 |
Neoplasm | 18 | 5.7 |
Hematology | 3 | 1 |
Critical illness diagnosis (n = 100) | ||
Sepsis | 32 | 32 |
Severe sepsis | 9 | 9 |
Septic shock | 47 | 47 |
ARDS | 12 | 12 |
Nutritional status of children admitted to pediatric ICU
Factors associated with wasting among children admitted to ICU
Characteristics | Wasting | Crude OR | Adjusted OR | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||
Age in months | ||||
≤12 | 25 | 63 | 1 | 1 |
13-24 | 10 | 19 | 1.32(0.54 3.24) | 1.16(0.41 3.31) |
25-60 | 15 | 51 | 0.74(0.35 1.55) | 0.53(0.21 1.30) |
61-132 | 23 | 40 | 1.45(0.72 2.89) | 1.15(0.50 2.63) |
>132 | 27 | 40 | 1.70(0.86 3.33) | 1.39(0.63 3.06) |
Caregiver’ level of education | ||||
No formal education | 90 | 153 | 3.52(1.72 7.23) | 4.43(1.62 12.10)* |
Primary and above | 10 | 60 | 1 | 1 |
Caregivers’ occupation | ||||
Farmers | 76 | 147 | 1 | 1 |
Merchants and private | 6 | 26 | 0.44(0.17 1.15) | 0.75(0.23 2.40) |
Government employee | 6 | 25 | 0.46(0.18 1.18) | 0.64(0.15 2.81) |
Unemployed | 12 | 15 | 1.54(0.69 3.47) | 1.58(0.59 4.24) |
Source of admission | ||||
Home | 8 | 28 | 1 | 1 |
Other facilities | 8 | 29 | 0.96(0.31 2.92) | 1.08(0.32 3.59) |
Emergency room | 60 | 129 | 1.62(0.70 3.78) | 1.88(0.75 4.73) |
Wards | 24 | 27 | 3.11(1.19 8.11) | 2.98(1.02 8.69)* |
Duration of illness before visit any health facility | ||||
<6 days | 38 | 126 | 1 | 1 |
≥6 days | 62 | 87 | 2.36(1.45 3.84) | 2.14(1.22 3.77)* |
Comorbidities | ||||
Yes | 73 | 197 | 4.55(2.32 8.93) | 6.85(2.93 16.05)* |
No | 27 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
Critical illness | ||||
Yes | 44 | 56 | 2.20(1.33 3.62) | 1.48(0.82 2.65) |
No | 56 | 157 | 1 | 1 |