Simplified PRISM III score and outcome in the pediatric intensive care unit

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-83

  Ponce Ponce De León, Ana Lilia ^a   Romero Gutiérrez, Gustavo ^a   Aldana, Carlos Valenzuela ^a   González Bravo, Francisco Ernesto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mortality; Pediatric intensive care unit; PRISM III

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM III SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUPIL REFLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTIC SHOCK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 14644399805     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01997.x     Document Type: Article

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