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Objectives There needs to be an objective and reproducible way of assessing the severity of illness and risk of mortality among children admitted in PICU, to prioritize the resources.1 Out of all scores which predict the outcome in PICU, PIM-3 3(45):10954–10966. Jung, et al. Validation of pediatric index of mortality 3 for predicting mortality among patients admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit, Acute and Critical Care 2018 August;33(3):170–177. Mashad, et al. Paediatric sequential organ failure assessment (pSOFA) score: a new mortality prediction score in the paediatric intensive care unit, analesdepediatria, 4 December, 2019.
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