Open Access<p>Use of a Mortality Prediction Model in Children on Mechanical Ventilation: A 5-Year Experience in a Tertiary University Hospital</p>
Author(s) -
Waleed H. Albuali,
Amal A Algamdi,
Elham A Hasan,
Mahdi Alqahtani,
Abdullah A. Yousef,
Mohammed A. Al Ghamdi,
Dalal Bubshait,
Mohammed Alshahrani,
Faisal Othman Al-Qurashi,
Talal A Bou Shahmah,
Bassam H. Awary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s282108
Subject(s) - mechanical ventilation , medicine , pediatric intensive care unit , mortality rate , paediatric intensive care unit , pediatrics , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , intensive care unit , ventilation (architecture) , risk of mortality , intensive care medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering
Currently, several scoring systems for predicting mortality in severely ill children who require treatment in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) have been established. However, despite providing high-quality care, children might develop complications that can cause rapid deterioration in health status and can lead to death. Hence, this study aimed to establish a simple early predictive mortality (SEPM) model with high specificity in identifying severely ill children who would possibly benefit from extensive mechanical ventilation during PICU admission.