Open AccessValidation of lactate clearance at 6 h for mortality prediction in critically ill children
Author(s) -
Rajeev Kumar,
Nirmal Kumar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.192040
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , pediatric intensive care unit , critically ill , intensive care unit , area under the curve , predictive value , observational study , tertiary care , mortality rate , area under curve , pediatrics , pharmacokinetics
To validate the lactate clearance (LC) at 6 h for mortality prediction in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)-admitted patients and its comparison with a pediatric index of mortality 2 (PIM 2) score.