Abstract
Intensive care units have an increased mortality rate. Prediction of patient risks on admittance may be of interest not only for prognostic purposes but also as an index of unit efficiency. Four hundred and twenty five patients admitted to our intensive care unit were studied. Based upon the P.S.I, a maximum of 29 variables were recorded during the first 24 hours. Among them only 13 were significantly associated (p<0.05) with mortality (BP, HR, RR, pH, pCO2, PaO2/FiO2, WBC, Platelets, KPTT-Quick, Bilirrubine, ALT--AST, Glu, Glasgow score). An index number was assigned to each variable according to its mortality relative risk.
The Pediatric Survival Prediction Index is the result of summing up the index obtained for the variables. The variables were obtained in each case according to clinical criterium.
The mortality risk for each interval is: PSPI=% Mortality 0=2% 1-5=4% 6-10=5% 11-15=12% 16-20=26% 21-25=50% 26-50=57% 51-100= 78% 101 or more=89%.
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Saporiti, A., Althabe, M., Landry, L. et al. PSPI: PEDIATRIC SURVIVAL PREDICTION INDEX. Pediatr Res 26, 165 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198908000-00037
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198908000-00037