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Table 2 Descriptive Statistics of interventions done to patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with sepsis

From: Epidemiology of pediatric sepsis in the pediatric intensive care unit of king Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Variables

n = 113

Time to Start antibiotics in hours (%)

• <  3 h

66 (58.4)

• >  3 h (late admistration)

6 (5.3)

• Not documented

41 (36.3)

Resuscitation Fluid Volume (%)

• 0 ml/kg

47 (41.6)

• Up to 60 ml/kg

54 (47.8)

• >  60 ml/kg

12 (10.6)

Median Duration on Ionotropic Support in days (IQR)

1 (4)

Respiratory support (%)

• Nasal Cannula or Room-air

30 (26.5)

• Non-invasive

17 (15)

• Invasive

66 (58.5)