title: Validation of the PELOD score for multiple organ dysfunction in children.
abstract: We conducted a prospective study to identify the children having multiple organ dysfunction at admission using the PELOD score, and its impact on the mortality in a pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in north India over a 13 month period. Data were collected in a predesigned collection sheet and the PELOD score was calculated. 209 patients were admitted. In 37.2% primary indication of admission was severe sepsis/ septic shock. Ninety-one percentage of children admitted had multiple organ dysfunction. The area under the curve for predicting death using PELOD score equation was 0.80.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110 029, India.
authors.forename: Anu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thukral
authors.forename: Utkarsh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kohli
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lodha
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kabra
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Kabra
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003422:Critical Care; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D016019:Survival Analysis