Assessment of the performance of the Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 (PIM2) among Egyptian pediatric patients admitted to the intensive care

Background: Mortality prediction models are useful in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) as risk assessment tools and as a benchmark for the quality of care. Objectives: To assess the performance of the Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 (PIM2) in terms of calibration and discrimination between surv...

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Main Authors: Meray Rene labib Youssef, Hanan Mosleh, John Rene Labib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-09-01
Series:Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110663814000482