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March 22, 2026Indian Journal of Critical Care MedicineOpen Access

Functional Status Scale as a Measure of Functional Impairment and Residual Morbidity in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Survivors: A Single-center Observational Study

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NBNupur BajpaiKDKunal C DubeySCSatyabrata Roy Chowdhoury

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Overview

Observational study evaluates functional impairment in PICU survivors, suggesting significant factors influencing outcomes.

Key Points

  • Assess functional impairments among pediatric patients after discharge from the PICU and at a 3-month follow-up.
  • Included children aged 2 months to 12 years with a PICU stay of 48 hours or more or a qSOFA score of 2 or less.
  • Conducted functional assessments using the Functional Status Scale (FSS) at multiple time points: admission, discharge, and 3-month follow-up.
  • Compared FSS scores at discharge and follow-up to baseline to evaluate changes in functional status.
  • Observed 3.3% of patients had residual morbidity at the 3-month follow-up.
  • Functional impairment was significantly greater at discharge compared to baseline (p < 0.01).
  • Noted a significant difference in impairments among patients shifted for neurological causes (p = 0.007) and those receiving mechanical ventilation (p = 0.019).
  • Patients with longer PICU stays exhibited greater score differences from baseline at discharge (p = 0.04).

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Bajpai et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69bf8692f665edcd009e8e3fhttps://doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-25147
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