EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF MORTALITY PREDICTION MODELS FOR THE DUTCH PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE EVALUATION

Objectives This study is part of the Dutch Pediatric Intensive Care Evaluation (PICE) and the aim is to determine which general mortality prediction model, PIM or PRISM, is most appropriate for use in the pediatric intensive care setting in the Netherlands. It is a national, multi-center, prospective, observational study involving the performance of original and updated PIM and PRISM. Methods We analyzed admissions between March 2006 and August 2007 to all PICUs in the Netherlands as part of the PICE registry. The models were examined on their accuracy by comparing them on overall performance... Mehr ...