Daily estimation of the severity of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in critically ill children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Daily evaluation of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome has been performed in critically ill adults. We evaluated the clinical course of multiple organ dysfunction over time in critically ill children using the Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction (PELOD) score and determined the optimal days for measuring scores.

Methods

We prospectively measured daily PELOD scores and calculated the change in scores over time for 1806 consecutive patients admitted to seven pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) between September 1998 and February 2000. To study the relationship between daily scores and mortality in the PICU, we evaluated changes in daily scores during the first four days; the mean rate of change in scores during the entire PICU stay between survivors and nonsurv

SUBMITTER: Leteurtre S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2917930 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature