Development of a Modified Pediatric Early Warning Score: a French Prospective Multicentre Regional Study

University Hospital, Lille

Status: Completed

Conditions: Critical Illness

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02304341

2011_20

PHRC2011 - 19-06 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Children are admitted in intermediate units when the severity requires continuous monitoring. In France, Resources allocated to intermediate units are determined from lists of diagnoses and associated acts to additional budget. A score to assess the severity of illness may be associated with acts to develop an activity indicator easy to use. The investigators have chosen 2 scores to assess severity in intermediate cares : the Paediatric Advanced Warning Score (PAWS) and the Bedside Pediatric Early System Score (PEWS). In France, they have not been validated. The correlation between the severity of children and the associated diagnoses and acts has not been studied. The main objective of this study is to validate these 2 scores. The secondary objective is to determine a simplified activity indicator.

Enrollment: 3,016 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 day to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All children admitted to the paediatric inpatient unit

Exclusion criteria

• parental refusal

Trial design

3,016 participants in 1 patient group

intermediate units

Description:

Children admitted to the paediatric inpatient unit in 7 regional hospitals French