[Objective evaluation of a pediatric intensive care unit without continuous attendance (I)]. 1992

V Bolívar Galiano, and N Palomino Urda, and P Azcón González de Aguilar, and J Gualda Cantón, and J L Martínez Algar, and M Alvarez Momboisse, and L Ortega Martos
Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Materno-Infantil, Ciudad Sanitaria Virgen de las Nieves, Granada.

Eight-hundred and nine consecutive admissions have been reexamined by means of analysis of record cards made out at the moment of discharge from the ICU, in which, among other data, the TISS and PSI maximum for the first six hours from admission are included. The results obtained are the following: 50% of the admissions were classified as medium care (PSI < 5, TISS < 20), 28% were grade IV (PSI > 12, TISS > 40), and half were of grade III with a PSI of 9.38 and a TISS of 20.29. The overall mortality was 8.9%. However, the mortality for grades III+IV was 13.4% and gave a good correlation with the PSI, but not with the TISS. The PSI/TISS ratio was 0.45 and the predicted mortality rate according to the PSI was 6.1% for grade III and greater than 12% for grade IV. We conclude the following: (1) Of the illness, 28% were grade IV. (2) We observed a deficient PSI/TISS ratio. (3) The evaluation has to be done by objective means in which the capability of carrying out different methodologies has not been taken into account.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007902 Length of Stay The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility. Hospital Stay,Hospital Stays,Stay Length,Stay Lengths,Stay, Hospital,Stays, Hospital
D009026 Mortality All deaths reported in a given population. CFR Case Fatality Rate,Crude Death Rate,Crude Mortality Rate,Death Rate,Age Specific Death Rate,Age-Specific Death Rate,Case Fatality Rate,Decline, Mortality,Determinants, Mortality,Differential Mortality,Excess Mortality,Mortality Decline,Mortality Determinants,Mortality Rate,Mortality, Differential,Mortality, Excess,Age-Specific Death Rates,Case Fatality Rates,Crude Death Rates,Crude Mortality Rates,Death Rate, Age-Specific,Death Rate, Crude,Death Rates,Determinant, Mortality,Differential Mortalities,Excess Mortalities,Mortalities,Mortality Declines,Mortality Determinant,Mortality Rate, Crude,Mortality Rates,Rate, Age-Specific Death,Rate, Case Fatality,Rate, Crude Death,Rate, Crude Mortality,Rate, Death,Rate, Mortality,Rates, Case Fatality
D010343 Patient Admission The process of accepting patients. The concept includes patients accepted for medical and nursing care in a hospital or other health care institution. Voluntary Admission,Admission, Patient,Admission, Voluntary,Admissions, Patient,Admissions, Voluntary,Patient Admissions,Voluntary Admissions
D010351 Patient Discharge The administrative process of discharging the patient, alive or dead, from hospitals or other health facilities. Discharge Planning,Discharge Plannings,Discharge, Patient,Discharges, Patient,Patient Discharges,Planning, Discharge,Plannings, Discharge
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012720 Severity of Illness Index Levels within a diagnostic group which are established by various measurement criteria applied to the seriousness of a patient's disorder. Illness Index Severities,Illness Index Severity
D013030 Spain Country located between France on the northeast and Portugal on the west and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The capital is Madrid. Balearic Islands,Canary Islands
D015278 Intensive Care Units, Pediatric Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill infants and children. Neonates are excluded since INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL is available. ICU, Pediatric,Pediatric ICU,Pediatric Intensive Care Unit,Pediatric Intensive Care Units,ICUs, Pediatric,Pediatric ICUs

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