A Clinical Score for Quantifying Edema in Mechanically Ventilated Children With Congenital Heart Disease in Intensive Care.

ABSTRACT: Standardized clinical measurements of edema do not exist.

Objectives

To describe a 19-point clinical edema score (CES), investigate its interobserver agreement, and compare changes between such CES and body weight.

Design setting and participants

Prospective observational study in a tertiary PICU of mechanically ventilated children with congenital heart disease.

Main outcomes and measures

Differences in the median CES between observer groups.

Results

We studied 61 children, with a median age of 8.0 days (interquartile range, 1.0-14.0 d). A total of 539 CES were performed by three observer groups (medical 1 [reference], medical 2, and bedside nurse) at 0, 24, and 48 hours from enrollment. Overall, there was close agreement between observer groups in mean, median,

SUBMITTER: Gelbart B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10456982 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature