Open AccessClinical Risk Index for Babies (CRIB II) Scoring System in Prediction of Mortality in Premature Babies
Author(s) -
Zahraa Ezzeldin,
Tamer A. Abdel Hamid,
M Youssef,
Hossam El-Din Nabil
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12248.6012
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , birth weight , neonatal intensive care unit , pediatrics , cohort , low birth weight , prospective cohort study , small for gestational age , cohort study , pregnancy , surgery , genetics , biology
Clinical Risk Index for Babies scoring system (CRIB II) score is a recently developed tool to predict initial risk of mortality amongst low birth weight babies, the utility of which is scarce in many developing countries.