Validation of the PELOD score for multiple organ dysfunction in children

Indian Pediatr. 2007 Sep;44(9):683-6.

Abstract

We conducted a prospective study to identify the children having multiple organ dysfunction at admission using the PELOD score, and its impact on the mortality in a pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in north India over a 13 month period. Data were collected in a predesigned collection sheet and the PELOD score was calculated. 209 patients were admitted. In 37.2% primary indication of admission was severe sepsis/ septic shock. Ninety-one percentage of children admitted had multiple organ dysfunction. The area under the curve for predicting death using PELOD score equation was 0.80.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Cause of Death*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Critical Care
  • Critical Illness / mortality
  • Critical Illness / therapy
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality / trends
  • Humans
  • India
  • Intensive Care Units, Pediatric*
  • Male
  • Multiple Organ Failure / diagnosis*
  • Multiple Organ Failure / mortality*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / mortality
  • Sepsis / diagnosis
  • Sepsis / mortality
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Shock, Septic / diagnosis
  • Shock, Septic / mortality
  • Survival Analysis