作者: Rosine Nyirasafari , Mark H. Corden , Angélique Charlie Karambizi , Jean Claude Kabayiza , Jean Damascene Makuza
DOI: 10.1080/20469047.2016.1250031
关键词: University teaching 、 Critical illness 、 Logistic regression 、 Paediatric intensive care unit 、 Framingham Risk Score 、 Medicine 、 Intensive care medicine
摘要: Background: The enormous burden of critical illness in resource-limited settings has led to a growing interest paediatric care these regions. However, published data on the practice and patient outcomes are scant.Objective: This study sought identify risk factors associated with mortality newly established Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Kigali University Teaching Hospital (KUTH) Rwanda test predictive ability devised score, modified PRISM (MP) score.Methods: All admissions PICU KUTH from October 2012 2014 were included. Demographic physiological each gathered was assigned MP score. prospective cross-sectional examined association between characteristics status patients mortality. Using logistic regression, analysed.Results: A total 213 ch...