[Use of an intervention index in pediatric intensive care].
A universal therapeutic intervention score system (TISS) was applied to 122 acute pediatric patients treated in intensive care unit. The index is well correlated with hospital mortality but there was a zone of values, TISS greater than 40, with a mixture of survivors and deceased. The index seems useful in judging the seriousness of symptoms.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
Utilización de un índice de asistencia en cuidados intensivos pediátricos.