Survival among patients admitted in PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) of tertiary childcare hospital.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the frequency of survival among patients admitted in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of tertiary care hospital according to disease severity score PRISM III. Study Design: Descriptive study. Setting: PICU of The Children’s Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Multan. Period: October 2019 to April 2020. Material & Methods: A total of 205 admitted children in PICU were recruited. PRISM III forms were filled and PRISM III score was calculated for all study participants. Results: Of these 205 study cases, 124 (60.5 %) were male patients while 81 (39.5 %) were female patients. Mean age of our study cases was 3.64 ± 1.96 years. Mean duration of PICU stay was 4.52 ± 3.59 days and 139 (67.8%) patients had PICU stay for upto 5 days. Mean PRISM III score was 11.25 ± 4.69 and 69 (33.7%) had group I score, 118 (57.6%) had group II score, 14 (6.8%) had group III score and 4 (2%) had group IV score. Of these 205 study cases, mortality was noted in 31 (15.1%). Conclusion: High Frequency of mortality among children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) was observed and mortality was found to be increasing with increasing PRISM III score.