Assessment of the Risk Factors for Deceased Patients in Pediatric Clinic I

Purpose: The evaluation of the risk factors in patients deceased in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) during January 1 to December 31, 2009.
Material and method: This is a retrospective study in which we evaluated the risk factors of the 29 deceased patients admitted in PICU. We followed the age groups, gender, environment, prior treatments, number of hospitalization days, the patient flow, the associated comorbidities, the mothers’ age and the anatomico-pathological concordances.
Results: From all 29 deceased patients, 34.48% were between 3–12 months, the average age being 27.3 months. 79.31% came from rural areas. The number of deaths was almost equally distributed between sexes. Etiological, nosological, location-related and complication-related consistencies were found. The main cause of death was the respiratory disease. In the cold season, the number of deaths was increased. Most children were admitted in Pediatric Clinic I from other clinics, were hospitalized for more than 72 hours and presented at least one comorbidity.
Conclusions: The main risk factors that concluded in children’s death were: association with at least one comorbidity, the age group of less than 1 year, as well as the patient’s flow through multiple sections. The main cause of death was respiratory infection. Etiological, nosological, location-related and complication-related consistencies were present.