Introduction: The risk of mortality is higher in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). To prevent
mortality in critically ill infants, optimal clinical management and risk stratification are …

The illness severity scoring systems provide objective measures for inter-and intra-unit
comparisons with time and also provide useful information for comparing the severity of …

The study aims were to compare two models (The Pediatric Risk of Mortality III (PRISM III)
and Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction (PELOD-2)) for prediction of mortality in a pediatric …

Background Mortality in paediatric emergency care units in Africa often occurs within the first
24 h of admission and remains high. Alongside effective triage systems, a practical clinical …

Aims To compare and validate the Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) III, Pediatric Index of
Mortality (PIM) 2, and PIM 3 scores in a tertiary care pediatric intensive care unit …

Background Intensive care has become very important in the management of critically ill
children who require advanced airway, respiratory, and hemodynamic supports and are …

Background With the advancements in medicine and increasing access to modern
technology, pediatric intensive care units (PICU) are becoming a vital part of any health care …

Background The objective of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the newest version
of the pediatric index of mortality (PIM) 3 for predicting mortality and validating PIM 3 in …

Abstract Objective The Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 (PIM2), one of the key mortality
prediction models for children in intensive care units, has not been validated in Japan. The …

Objective: To study, in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), the predictive power of widely
used generic pediatric mortality scoring systems in relation to the occurrence of pediatric …