Characteristics of children in palliative and non-palliative discharges from PICU
| Palliative | Non-palliative | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 257 | 34452 |
| Age (days) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 1619 (1937) | 1542 (1898) |
| Median (IQR) | 583 (73–2732) | 545 (69–2641) |
| Age category | ||
| <1 year | 110 (42.8) | 15213 (44.2) |
| 1–4 years | 58 (22.6) | 8350 (24.2) |
| 5–10 years | 44 (17.1) | 5213 (15.1) |
| 11–15 years | 37 (14.4) | 4965 (14.4) |
| ≥16 years | 8 (3.1) | 711 (2.1) |
| Townsend category | ||
| 1 (Least deprived) | 43 (16.7) | 5217 (15.1) |
| 2 | 31 (12.1) | 5525 (16.0) |
| 3 | 40 (15.6) | 6008 (17.4) |
| 4 | 51 (19.8) | 7023 (20.4) |
| 5 (Most deprived) | 81 (31.5) | 9683 (28.1) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 147 (57.2) | 19633 (57.0) |
| Female | 109 (42.4) | 14809 (42.4) |
| South Asian ethnicity | 31 (12.1) | 3420 (9.9) |
| Diagnostic categories | ||
| Neurological | 52 (20.2) | 4126 (12.0) |
| Cardiac | 43 (16.7) | 10149 (29.5) |
| Respiratory | 69 (26.8) | 8089 (23.5) |
| Oncology | 25 (9.7) | 1319 (3.8) |
| Infection | 13 (5.0) | 1684 (4.9) |
| Musculoskeletal | 8 (3.1) | 1510 (4.4) |
| GIT | 18 (7.0) | 2290 (6.6) |
| Other | 10 (3.9) | 1813 (5.3) |
| Blood and lymph | 4 (1.6) | 243 (0.7) |
| Trauma | 5 (1.9) | 1677 (4.9) |
| Endocrine | 8 (3.1) | 702 (2.0) |
| Multi-system | 1 (0.4) | 77 (02) |
| Body wall | 1 (0.4) | 773 (2.2) |
| Discharge destination | ||
| Hospital | 208 (80.9) | 33627 (97.6) |
| Home | 22 (8.6) | 555 (1.6) |
| Hospice | 25 (9.7) | 12 (0.03) |
| Not known | 2 (0.8) | 258 (0.7) |