Abstract:
Abstract
Introduction: Pediatric intensive care unit
predictors of mortality at PICU of the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized
hospital.
Methods: An institution based prospective cohort study was conducted from February 2018
to July 2019. We collected data by interview, chart and registration book review. Life table
was used to estimate the cumulative survival of patients and Log rank test was used to
compare survival curves between different categories of the explanatory variables. Survival
trend over the follow up time was described using the Kaplan Meier graph. Bivariate and
multivariate Cox proportional hazard model were used to identify predictors.
Result: A total of 313 children, median age 48 months
