title: Neonatal severity of illness scoring systems: a comparison.
abstract: Several different scoring systems have been developed to predict neonatal morbidity and mortality. In this investigation we compared the utility of four severity of illness scoring systems (SISS) as predictors of days on ventilatory (DOV), length of hospital stay (LOS), and mortality in very-low-birth weight (VLBW) premature infants who required mechanical ventilation. The SISS assessed were the Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology (SNAP); the Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology-Perinatal Extension (SNAP + PE); Clinical Risk Index for Babies (CRIB), and the Sinkin Score at 12 hours (SS12). Results revealed significant correlations among the SS12, SNAP, SNAP + PE, CRIB, birth weight (BW), DOV, and LOS. However, none of the systems we assessed offered striking advantage over BW in a VLBW ventilated group.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Fleisher
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Murthy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Constantinou
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Benitz
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D007902:Length of Stay; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012720:Severity of Illness Index