An index of severity for acute pediatric illness. [PDF]
American Journal of Public Health, 1980 A study population of 1,106 patients presenting to a pediatric emergency room for care of acute non-traumatic illness were prospectively assessed to determine what clinical manifestations and/or functional status indicators predicted the severity of their illnesses.
K G Nelson
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Severity of illness index for surgical departments in a Cuban hospital: revalidation study
Medwave, 2017 In the context of the evaluation of hospital services, the incorporation of severity indices allows an essential control variable for performance comparisons in time and space through risk adjustment. The severity index for surgical services was developed in 1999 and validated as a general index for surgical services.
Amadys Armas-Bencomo +3 more
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203 SEVERITY OF ILLNESS IN CHILDREN: MULTI NSTITUTIONAL VALIDATION OF THE PHYSIOLOGIC STABILITY INDEX (PSI) [PDF]
Pediatric Research, 1985 Direct assessment of severity of illness would benefit many aspects of pediatric intensive care (e.q. cost containment, quality of care, therapeutic efficacies, institutional comparisons). The PSI, a direct assessment of severity of illness has been prospectively validated in 1 PICU.
Murray M. Pollack +12 more
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A Severity of Illness Index and Health-Related Quality of Life for Teens with Congenital Heart Disease [PDF]
Pediatric Research, 1999 A Severity of Illness Index and Health-Related Quality of Life for Teens with Congenital Heart ...
Marlene R. Miller +2 more
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Neonatal Acute Physiology Parameters Index (NAPPI) - An Efficient Illness Severity Score for Neonates [PDF]
Pediatric Research, 1998 Neonatal Acute Physiology Parameters Index (NAPPI) - An Efficient Illness Severity Score for ...
J D Corcoran +3 more
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Tissue Doppler Septal Tei Index Indicates Severity of Illness in Pediatric Patients With Congestive Heart Failure [PDF]
Pediatric Cardiology, 2013 The Doppler Tei index is an independent predictor of outcomes in adult heart failure. Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) may be a superior method to measure the Tei index in children because it is less affected by heart rate variability. We hypothesized that the TDI Tei index reflects severity of illness in pediatric heart failure.
Aura A. Sanchez Mejia +8 more
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Italian Journal of Medicine, 2017 <em>Pneumonia severity index</em> (PSI) and CURB-65 (<em>confusion, urea, respiratory rate, blood pressure, age ≥65</em>) are used to estimate the severity and prognosis of patients with pneumonia. NT-proBNP is a marker of myocardial stress and of sepsis-induced myocardial depression and might be used to predict short and long ...
Dario Martolini +3 more
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Severity of Illness Index in and Therapy for Adult Community-acquired Pneumonia
Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi, 2007 Keishi Kubo
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THE ACCEPTANCE OF CHANGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS AFTER THE REVISED ATLANTA CLASSIFICATION [PDF]
Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2021 BACKGROUND: New recommendations for the management of patients with acute pancreatitis were set after the Atlanta Classification was revised in 2012. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present systematic review is to assess whether these recommendations have ...
José Roberto ALVES +3 more
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Validation of the Patient Generated Index for people with severe mental illness. [PDF]
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 2021 The Patient Generated Index (PGI) is a personalized quality of life (QOL) measure. This secondary analysis examined its psychometric properties with people with severe mental illness.Three hundred and eleven people with severe mental illness participated in structured interviews at baseline, 9 months, and 18 months.The PGI captured a range of self ...
Maryann Roebuck +8 more
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