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Table 1 Summary statistics for the children included in the analysis

From: The effect of care provided by paediatric critical care transport teams on mortality of children transported to paediatric intensive care units in England and Wales: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristics

Total (n = 9112)

Age of the child, n (%)

 0 to < 1 year

4668 (51.2)

 1 to < 5 years

2436 (26.7)

 5 to < 11 years

1174 (12.9)

 11 to < 16 years

834 (9.2)

Sex of child, n (%)

 Male

5181 (56.7)

 Female

3930 (43.1)

 Unknown

1 (< 0.1)

PIM2 group, n (%)

  < 1%

1039 (11.4)

 1 to < 5%

4087 (44.9)

 5 to < 15%

2983 (32.7)

 15 to < 30%

579 (6.4)

 30 + %

424 (4.7)

Diagnosis of the child, n (%)

 Cardiovascular

1309 (14.4)

 Endocrine

219 (2.4)

 Haem/oncology

153 (1.7)

 Infection

820 (9.0)

 Neurological

1504 (16.5)

 Trauma and accidents

338 (3.7)

 Respiratory

4353 (47.8)

 Other

416 (4.6)

Time to bedside (minutes), median (10th, 90th centile)

83 (42 to 208)

Time at bedside (minutes), median (10th, 90th centile)

105 (56 to 191)

Journey time to PICU (minutes), median (10th, 90th centile)

50 (25 to 100)

Stabilisation time by number of interventions delivered by PCCT, median (10th, 90th centile)

 0

90 (50 to 150)

 1

125 (80 to 200)

 2

157 (100 to 241)

 3

180 (110 to 279)

 4+

207 (135 to 315)

Grade of team leader, n (%)

 Consultant

3028 (33.2)

 Junior Doctor

4726 (51.9)

 Advanced Nurse Practitioner

1342 (14.7)

 Unknown

16 (0.2)

Stabilisation approach

 Short (< 2 interventions by PCCT)

7830 (85.9)

 Prolonged (≥2 interventions by PCCT)

1282 (14.1)

Critical incidents, n (%)

 Child incident

121 (1.3)

 Vehicle incident

55 (0.6)

 Equipment failure

333 (3.7)

 Any incident

496 (5.4)

Died in two days of admission to PICU, n (%)

278 (3.1)

Died in PICU, n (%)

571 (6.3)

Died in thirty days of admission to PICU, n (%)

645 (7.1)

Died in one year of admission to PICU, n (%)

949 (10.4)