Performance of the Pediatric Index of Mortality 3 Score in PICUs in Argentina: A Prospective, National Multicenter Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the performance of the Pediatric Index of Mortality 3 score in a population of children admitted to PICUs in Argentina.

Design

Prospective, national, multicenter study.

Setting

Forty-nine PICUs located in Argentina belonging to public and private institutions.

Patients

All children between 1 month and 16 years old admitted to the participating PICUs between May 15, 2016, and February 15, 2017.

Interventions

None.

Measurement and main results

A total of 6,602 patients were enrolled in the study. The observed mortality was 8% (531/6,602), whereas mortality predicted by Pediatric Index of Mortality 3 was 6.16% (407 deaths). The standardized mortality rate was 1.3 (95% CI, 1.20-1.42). The area under the receiver operating character

SUBMITTER: Arias Lopez MDP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6282682 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature