Table 3 Patient demographics for children admitted to PICU with severe RSV infection
Median deaths (n = 35)IQRMedian survivors (n = 371)IQRp Value*
Age (months)5.12.4–13.62.51.2–9<0.05
Paediatric index of mortality170.130.07–0.310.090.04–0.14<0.05
Length of PICU stay (days)16.58–3154–9<0.05
Days RSV positive73–1132–5<0.05
  • *Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test.

  • IQR, interquartile range; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.