Vascular access modalities in a pediatric intensive care unit in tertiary hospital indications and outcomes: a single-center cross-sectional study

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Table 7 Relation between survival and age, gender, weight, and time spent in ICU

		Survived		Died		P value
		n. = 127		n. = 41		P value
Age (months)	Mean ± SD	38.49 ± 43.93		34.01 ± 43.51		0.216^#
	Median (IQR)	18 (6–60)		10 (3.5–48)
	Range	1–156		1–144
Gender	Female	53 (41.7%)		23 (56.1%)		0.108^*
Gender	Male	74 (58.3%)		18 (43.9%)		0.108^*
Weight (kg)	Median (IQR)	10 (6–18)		9 (4–14)		0.126^#
Weight (kg)	Range	1.6–70		2–30		0.126^#
Weight z-score	Median (IQR)	− 0.27 (− 0.65–0.51)		− 0.36 (− 0.85–0.12)		0.126^#
Weight z-score	Range	− 1.08–5.57		− 1.04–1.68		0.126^#
ICU Days	Median (IQR)	6 (3–8)		11 (6–24)		< 0.001^#
ICU Days	Range	1–76		1–101		< 0.001^#
No. of lines	Median (IQR)	2 (1–3)		3 (1–3)		0.083^#
No. of lines	Range	1–5		1–8		0.083^#
Type of system failure on admission
Cardiovascular			21 (16.5%)		33 (80.5%)	< 0.001
Respiratory			30 (23.6%)		29 (70.7%)	< 0.001
Neurological			24 (18.9%)		30 (73.2%)	< 0.001
Hepatological			7 (5.5%)		4 (9.8%)	0.339
Hematological			12 (9.4%)		5 (12.2%)	0.612
Renal			18 (14.2%)		14 (34.1%)	0.005
Number of system failure
0 (n = 37)			37		0 (0%)	0.001
1 (n = 76)			70		6 (7.9%)
2 (n = 25)			18		7 (28%)
3 (n = 19)			2		17 (89.5%)
4 (n = 11)			0		11 (100%)

P value > 0.05, non-significant (NS); P value < 0.05, significant (S); P value < 0.01, highly significant (HS)
^*Chi-square test, ^≠Mann–Whitney test
^**IQR Interquartile range, Sig. Significance, kg Kilograms, n Number, ICU Intensive care unit