title: The epidemiological profile of Pediatric Intensive Care Center at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study outlined the epidemiological profiles of patients who were admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Center at Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital during 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were retrospectively collected for all patients admitted to the PICC during 2009. A total of 433 medical charts were reviewed, and these data were extracted using the DATAMARTS System and analyzed using the statistical software package STATA, version 11.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no statistically significant differences in regards to patient gender, and the predominant age group consisted of patients between the ages of 1 to 4 years. The average occupancy rate was 69.3% per year, and there was a greater number of admissions during April, August, and October. The average length of stay at the hospital ranged from 9.7 to 19.1 days. Respiratory diseases were the main cause for admission to the Pediatric Intensive Care Center, and the mortality rate of the patients admitted was 1.85%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Respiratory diseases were the most common ailment among patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Center, and the highest mortality rates were associated with neoplastic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Residency Program, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein - HIAE, São Paulo (SP), Brazil. cslanetzki@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Camila Sanches
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lanetzki
authors.forename: Carlos Augusto Cardim
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Lital Moro
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bass
authors.forename: Sulim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abramovici
authors.forename: Eduardo Juan
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Troster
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult