Scoring Systems for Organ Dysfunction and Multiple Organ Dysfunction: The PODIUM Consensus Conference.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Multiple scores exist to characterize organ dysfunction in children.

Objective

To review the literature on multiple organ dysfunction (MOD) scoring systems to estimate severity of illness and to characterize the performance characteristics of currently used scoring tools and clinical assessments for organ dysfunction in critically ill children.

Data sources

Electronic searches of PubMed and Embase were conducted from January 1992 to January 2020.

Study selection

Studies were included if they evaluated critically ill children with MOD, evaluated the performance characteristics of scoring tools for MOD, and assessed outcomes related to mortality, functional status, organ-specific outcomes, or other patient-centered outcomes.

Data extraction

Data we

SUBMITTER: Schlapbach LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9703039 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature