Signs of Inflammation in Children that can Kill (SICK score): Preliminary prospective validation of a new non-invasive measure of severity-of-illness

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-105

  Bhal, S ^a   Tygai, V ^a   Kumar, N ^a   Sreenivas, V ^b   Puliyel, J M ^a  

^a ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; PRISM score; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRISM SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNS OF INFLAMMATION IN CHILDREN THAT CAN KILL SCORE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 33646567746     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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