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Table 1 Patient’s characteristics

From: Association of intensive care unit or paediatric intensive care unit admissions with the method of transporting patients: a multicentre retrospective study

Characteristics

Family transport group

(n = 871)

EMS transport group

(n = 2092)

p-value

OR

Age (months), median (IQR)

28 (8–81)

28 (8–81)

0.328

Gender (male, %)

460 (52.8)

1143 (54.6)

0.374

0.93

Length of ICU/PICU stay (days), median (IQR)

4 (2–6)

4 (2–8)

0.137

PIM2 (%), median (IQR)

1.1 (0.8–2.2)

1.5 (1.0–5.2)

<  0.01*

Chronic condition (%)

551 (63.3)

845 (40.4)

<  0.01*

2.54

Mortality (%)

9 (1.0)

80 (3.8)

<  0.01*

0.27

Distance to hospital

5.3 (3.1–9.6)

9.8 (4.9–17.4)

<  0.01*

  1. OR Odds ratio, EMS Emergency medical service, IQR Interquartile range, ICU Intensive care unit, PICU Paediatric intensive care unit, PIM2 Paediatric index of mortality 2
  2. * p <  0.01