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Table 1 Population description

From: Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in critically ill children: clinical value of two lists of diagnostic criteria

 

MODS (Proulx)a

MODS (Goldstein)b

All patientsc

N = 180

N = 314

N = 842

Demographic data

   

 Male

98 (54.5)

168 (53.5)

434 (51.5)

 Age (months)

60 ± 72

64 ± 70

72 ± 72

Severity of illness at PICU entry

   

 PRISM score

11.4 ± 7.8

9.2 ± 7.1

6.0 ± 5.8

 Daily PELOD score

10.3 ± 9.4

8.1 ± 8.4

4.8 ± 6.8

Main cause of admissiond

   

 Respiratory disease

76 (42.2)

146 (46.8)

298 (36.4)

 Shock

   

  Hypovolemic shock

10 (5.6)

10 (3.2)

19 (2.5)

  Septic shock

17 (9.6)

19 (6.1)

27 (3.2)

  Haemorrhagic shock

4 (2.5)

5 (1.6)

5 (1.6)

  Cardiogenic shock

13 (7.5)

13 (4.2)

15 (1.8)

 Congenital heart disease

29 (16.3)

39 (12.6)

77 (9.2)

 Bacterial infection

70 (39.1)

125 (39.9)

237 (28.2)

 Viral infection

46 (25.8)

97 (31.1)

203 (24.2)

 Trauma

   

  Polytraumatism

4 (2.2)

11 (3.5)

18 (2.4)

  Severe head trauma

6 (3.3)

10 (3.1)

11 (1.3)

  Burn

2 (1.1)

2 (0.6)

5 (0.6)

 Surgery

   

  Post-cardiac surgery

22 (12.3)

38 (12.1)

105 (12.5)

  Other surgery (planned)

17 (9.5)

33 (10.5)

146 (17.4)

  Other surgery (unplanned)

14 (7.8)

24 (7.7)

63 (7.5)

 Other reasons for admission

91 (50.6)

145 (46.2)

368 (43.8)

Specific treatment during PICU stay

   

 ECMO

7 (3.9)

7 (2.3)

7 (0.8)

 Haemofiltration

6 (3.3)

7 (2.3)

7 (0.8)

 Haemodialysis

10 (5.5)

9 (2.9)

15 (1.5)

 At least 1 red cell transfusion

91 (50.6)

101 (32.2)

142 (16.9)

  1. Number (%) or mean ± SD
  2. ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, MODS multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, PELOD paediatric logistic organ dysfunction, PICU paediatric intensive care unit, PRISM paediatric risk of mortality
  3. aMODS (Proulx): cases of MODS diagnosed during PICU stay, using diagnostic criteria advocated by Proulx in 1996 [4]
  4. bMODS (Goldstein): cases of MODS diagnosed during PICU stay, using diagnostic criteria advocated by Goldstein in 2005 [5, 6]
  5. cInclude patients with and without MODS
  6. dThere were many causes of admission in some patients