Clinical Research

Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey

Volume: 5 Number: 4 September 30, 2024
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey

Abstract

Background While the mortality rate in paediatric intensive care units (PICU) is as low as 2.39% in developed countries, this rate is much higher in developing countries. Objective To evaluate the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Karabuk, Western Black Sea Region of Turkey. Methods 88 critically ill children who were admitted to the PICU between June 2023 and June 2024 were retrospectively analyzed. It were evaluated age, gender, presence of chronic disease, reason for admission to the PICU, length of stay in both the intensive care unit and hospital stay, need and duration of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC), need and duration of invasive mechanical ventilation, type of nutrition, need for inotropic drugs, the glasgow coma scale (GCS), nutrition, pretransport pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) score and mortality rates. Results Forty-three (48.9%) of these patients were female. The median age of the patients was 4.5 years [1.0-12.75]. According to the intensive care unit hospitalisation diagnoses, 37 (42.0%) of the patients had respiratory distress at the highest rate.It was observed that 24 (27.3%) of the patients had a chronic disease. Mechanical ventilation support was required in 19.3% of patients admitted to PICU, and the mean duration of mechanical ventilation was 10.0 [1.5-50.0] days. Moreover, 38.6% of patients required high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy. Among patients hospitalized in PICU, the median length of stay in the intensive care unit was 4.0 [2.0-6.0] days and the median length of hospitalization was 7.0 [4.0-13.0] days. GCS score was found to be significantly lower in the group with mortality (p= 0.004). PRISM scores of patients with mortality were found to be statistically significantly higher (p<0.001). Conclusions The study revealed that prolonged hospital and intensive care unit stay, higher PRISM score, lower GCS score and the requirement for more inotropic agents might be associated with higher mortality. In addition, the presence of underlying chronic disease contributes to the mortality process and might be associated with mortality.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Pediatric Intensive Care

Journal Section

Clinical Research

Early Pub Date

November 25, 2024

Publication Date

September 30, 2024

Submission Date

July 29, 2024

Acceptance Date

September 12, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 5 Number: 4

APA
Metin, H., Seçkin, A., & Sevinç, E. (2024). Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey. Experimental and Applied Medical Science, 5(4), 193-200. https://doi.org/10.46871/eams.1524019
AMA
1.Metin H, Seçkin A, Sevinç E. Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey. Exp Appl Med Sci. 2024;5(4):193-200. doi:10.46871/eams.1524019
Chicago
Metin, Hamdi, Akın Seçkin, and Eylem Sevinç. 2024. “Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey”. Experimental and Applied Medical Science 5 (4): 193-200. https://doi.org/10.46871/eams.1524019.
EndNote
Metin H, Seçkin A, Sevinç E (September 1, 2024) Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey. Experimental and Applied Medical Science 5 4 193–200.
IEEE
[1]H. Metin, A. Seçkin, and E. Sevinç, “Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey”, Exp Appl Med Sci, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 193–200, Sept. 2024, doi: 10.46871/eams.1524019.
ISNAD
Metin, Hamdi - Seçkin, Akın - Sevinç, Eylem. “Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey”. Experimental and Applied Medical Science 5/4 (September 1, 2024): 193-200. https://doi.org/10.46871/eams.1524019.
JAMA
1.Metin H, Seçkin A, Sevinç E. Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey. Exp Appl Med Sci. 2024;5:193–200.
MLA
Metin, Hamdi, et al. “Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey”. Experimental and Applied Medical Science, vol. 5, no. 4, Sept. 2024, pp. 193-00, doi:10.46871/eams.1524019.
Vancouver
1.Hamdi Metin, Akın Seçkin, Eylem Sevinç. Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Western Black Sea Region of Turkey. Exp Appl Med Sci. 2024 Sep. 1;5(4):193-200. doi:10.46871/eams.1524019

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