Validation of a physiologic stability index for use in critically ill infants and children

• Published in: Pediatric research Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 445 - 451
• Main Authors: YEH, T. S, POLLACK, M. M, RUTTIMANN, U. E, HOLBROOK, P. R, FIELDS, A. I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.01.1984
• Subjects: Acute Disease - classification; Acute Disease - mortality; Age Factors; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Emergency and intensive care: neonates and children. Prematurity. Sudden death; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Intensive care medicine; Intensive Care Units; Medical sciences; Statistics as Topic; Human; Infant; Intensive care; Child; Mortality; Resuscitation

We developed a physiology-based scoring system, the Physiologic Stability Index (PSI) to assess severity of acute illness in the total population of pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. Thirty-four variables from seven physiologic systems were chosen, and the degree of abnormality of each v...