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- A Haque, N R Siddiqui, O Munir, S Saleem, and A Mian.
- Departments of Pediatrics and Child Health, and *Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Correspondence to: Dr Anwarul Haque, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. anwar.haq@aku.edu.
- Indian Pediatr. 2015 Apr 1;52(4):311-3.
ObjectiveTo assess the association between Vasoactive Inotrope Score (vis) and mortality in children with fluid-refractory septic shock.MethodsA retrospective chart review of 71 children (age 1 mo-16y) admitted with fluid-refractory septic shock in pediatric intensive care unit during a two year period was done. We divided our cohort into two groups viz High vasoactive inotrope score (Group-H) and Low-vasoactive inotrope score (Group-L) based on a cut-off value of 20.Results73% of the children were in Group-L. The mortality rate was 44% and 100% in Group L and Group H, respectively.ConclusionsHigh inotropic score in children with septic shock is associated with high mortality rate.
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