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Pediatr."],"abstract":"<jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Objective:<\/jats:bold>\n                    This study aimed to explore the association between the variability in electrolytes and the in-hospital mortality in critically ill children admitted into intensive care units (ICUs).\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Design:<\/jats:bold>\n                    This is a retrospective case\u2013control study.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Setting and Participants:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Total of 11,245 children have been admitted to ICUs of Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University from 2010 to 2018.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The coefficient of variation (CV), standard deviation (SD), and variability independent of the mean (VIM) were calculated as variability indices. High variability was defined as having values in the highest quartile for each parameter. Age, sex, diagnoses of disease, and surgical treatment were adjusted in the multivariable-adjusted logistic regression model.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    A total of 11,245 children were included, and 660 patients died in the hospital. The median (P25, P75) potassium, sodium, and chloride of all patients were 3.8 (3.58, 4.09), 136.83 (135.11, 138.60), and 108.67 (105.71, 111.17), respectively. U-shaped relationships between the mean, lowest, and highest levels of potassium, sodium, and chloride and the in-hospital mortality were observed. The lowest mortality was noted when serum potassium, sodium, and chloride were between ~3.5 and 5.0, 135 and 145, and 105 and 115 mmol\/l, respectively. The areas under the curve (AUCs) of three indices of variability in electrolytes were larger than those of the mean and lowest levels of electrolytes in predicting the in-hospital mortality. In the multivariable-adjusted model, the odds ratios and 95% confidence interval (CI) of the in-hospital mortality were 3.14 (2.44\u20134.04) for one parameter, 5.85 (4.54\u20137.53) for two parameters, and 10.32 (7.81\u201313.64) for three parameters compared with subjects having no parameters of high variability measured as the CV. The results were consistent when the variability was determined using the SD and VIM (all\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    for trend &amp;lt;0.001). Consistent results were noted in various subgroup analyses.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n                    This study showed that individuals with higher variability of each parameter were related with higher risk of in-hospital mortality. There was a linear association between the number of high variability parameters and the in-hospital mortality. 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