Impact of paediatric intensive care unit admission on neurocognitive function in children

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 3 Correlations between intelligence quotient domains and patients’ age, PICU stay length, mechanical ventilation duration, and inotropic support duration

		Age (years)	Duration of PICU stay (days)	Duration of ventilation (days)	Duration of sedative use (days)	Duration of inotrope use (days)
VIQ	Pearson correlation	0.331	− 0.158	− 0.080	− 0.059	− 0.476
	p-value	0.019	0.273	0.744	0.779	0.340
	Sig.	S	NS	NS	NS	NS
PIQ	Pearson correlation	0.223	− 0.004	− 0.083	− 0.023	− 0.367
	p-value	0.120	0.975	0.735	0.912	0.474
	Sig.	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
TIQ	Pearson correlation	0.211	− 0.002	− 0.121	− 0.009	− 0.338
	p-value	0.141	0.988	0.621	0.967	0.512
	Sig.	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

PICU, paediatric intensive care unit stay; IQ, intelligence quotient; VIQ, verbal IQ; PIQ, performance IQ; TIQ, total IQ; Sig., significance; NS, non-significant