Research Article

Fibrinogen as a Prognostic Predictor in Pediatric Patients with Sepsis: A Database Study

Table 4

Baseline characteristics of patients with sepsis admitted to PICU in the validation set.

CharacteristicsTotal
()
Survivor
()
Nonsurvivor
()

Sources
Surgical department, (%)23 (5.1)19 (4.8)4 (7.4)0.411
Emergency, (%)345 (76)311 (77.8)34 (63)0.012
Others, (%)97 (21.4)80 (20)17 (31.5)0.053
Complications
Respiratory failure, (%)219 (48.2)175 (43.8)44 (81.5)<0.001
Shock, (%)124 (27.3)88 (22)36 (66.7)<0.001
Immune disorder, (%)94 (20.7)83 (20.8)11 (20.4)0.948
Liver injury, (%)94 (20.7)69 (17.3)25 (46.3)<0.001
Acute kidney injury, (%)24 (5.3)12 (3.0)12 (22.2)<0.001
Supplementary treatments
Artificial respiration, (%)206 (45.4)159 (39.8)47 (87)<0.001
CRRT, (%)67 (14.8)44 (11)23 (42.6)<0.001
ECMO, (%)13 (2.9)9 (2.3)4 (7.4)0.033