Why the study?
Does the PRISM score compare favorably to the PIM score in predicting mortality in pediatric intensive care unit patients?
Population
421 patients admitted to a general pediatric intensive care unit at Hospital São Lucas, Brazil.
Comparison
PRISM (Pediatric Risk of Mortality) score vs PIM (Pediatric Index of Mortality) score
Design
Cohort
Authors
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PRISM may be favored over PIM for PICU mortality prediction given superior calibration; leaves open prospective validation before routine use.
Does the PRISM score compare favorably to the PIM score in predicting mortality in pediatric intensive care unit patients?
Both PRISM and PIM scores offer good capacity for discriminating between survivors and non-survivors in the pediatric intensive care unit, with comparable overall performance.
Martha et al. (2005) studied this question.
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