Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Admissions for COVID-19: Insights Using State-Level Data

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and outcomes of children treated in pediatric intensive care units for COVID-19 in the United States of America.

Characteristics	Values representing state-level data^a
Age
Under 2 years of age	31 (15.1%)
Between 2 and 11 years of age	32 (15.6%)
Between 11 and 18 years of age	142 (69.7%)
Comorbidities
Mild comorbidities	70 (33.6%)
Moderate or severe comorbidities	73 (35.1%)
Number of site reporting	2.0 (1.0 to 23.0)
Number tested	31.0 (0 to 575.0)
CPA frequency per 1,000,000	0.8 (0 to 18.6)
Duration of HFNC (days)	1.0 (0 to 58.0)
Duration of NIPPV (days)	0 (0 to 38.0)
Duration of MCV (days)	4.5 (0 to 308.0)
Duration of HFOV (days)	0 (0 to 5.0)
Duration of ECMO (days)	0 (0 to 7.0)
CPA days total^b	15.5 (2.0 to 498.0)
CPA days per admission^b	4.9 (1.2 to 12.0)

Abbreviations: CPA: COVID-19 positive admission; HFNC: high-flow nasal cannula; NIPPV: noninvasive positive pressure ventilation; MCV: mechanical conventional ventilation; HFOV: high-frequency oscillatory ventilation; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. ^aData are presented as median (IQR) or number of patients (percentage, %), as state-level data in the United States of America. ^bCPA days total refers to the sum of admission days by state. CPA days per admission refers to the actual days by each patient admitted by state.