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Incidence and predictors of mortality among children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialised hospital, northwest Ethiopia: a prospective observational cohort study.

Nahom Worku TeshagerAshenafi Tazebew AmareKoku Sisay Tamirat
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
The rate of mortality in the PICU was high, admission over weekends, need for MV, critical illness diagnoses and higher PIM 2 scores were significant and independent predictors of mortality.
Keyphrases
  • intensive care unit
  • cardiovascular events
  • risk factors
  • emergency department
  • healthcare
  • young adults
  • cardiovascular disease
  • type diabetes
  • extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • electronic health record