Outcome of intensive care unit patients using Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) score.
We conducted this study to evaluate the outcome of 203 patients admitted to PICU, using PRISM score. Overall mortality was 16.7%. The mean PRISM score was 6.5+/-3.6 and 15.5+/-7 for survivors and non survivors, respectively (OR: 1.36; 95% CI=1.24 -1.5; P<0.001). PRISM score also correlated well with length of hospital stay and the number of organ failures (P<0.001). A cut off score of 15 was associated with 89.2% accuracy. PRISM score is highly sensitive in predicting the outcome of pediatric patients in an ICU setting.
Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum 590 010, Karnataka, India. roopabellad@hotmail.com
Roopa
R
Bellad
Surendra
S
Rao
V D
VD
Patil
N S
NS
Mahantshetti
D002648:Child; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome