Indian pediatrics
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We conducted this study to evaluate the outcome of 203 patients admitted to PICU, using PRISM score. Overall mortality was 16.7%. ⋯ A cut off score of 15 was associated with 89.2% accuracy. PRISM score is highly sensitive in predicting the outcome of pediatric patients in an ICU setting.
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We retrospectively compared body surface area (BSA) using the Mosteller formula square root(H x (w/360)) and a simple weight-based BSA formula ([4Wkg+7]/ [90+Wkg]). The participants were 363 children who underwent cardiac surgery from 1991 to 2000. ⋯ We propose that the weight-based formula is easy to use and accurate. It can safely replace Mosteller formula and dispense the need for time-consuming calculations.