Validation of Severity of Illness Scoring Systems in Paediatric Intensive Care Units in Canada

University of British Columbia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intensive Care Units, Pediatric

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00175799

04-1310

H03-70601

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a study of the validation of severity of illness scoring systems in Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in Canada.

Full description

Outcome: Validation and comparison of 2 severity of illness scores in a Canadian PICU population.

Enrollment: 10,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All children admitted to participating PICUs over a 1 year period.