PICUPERFORMANCEANDOUTCOMESCORES.pptVIP

 PELOD scoring system is highly reliable and very sensitive to measure severity of illness and determine the probability of death in PICU. It is valid to be a valuable detector for PICU services and a sensitive director for appropriate monitoring , proper management family counseling It gives the priority to focus on vital parameters that affects total score number and the corresponding outcome for patients in PICU. Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT * Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT Prof. Dr. Reda Sanad Arafa Professor of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Benha University EGYPT Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT IMPORTANCE OF PICU Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is an important component of tertiary pediatric care services. PICU aims at promoting qualified care for critically ill children . These units are points of major technology transfer and constitute one of the main consumers of hospital budgets. Lakshmi (2008) reported that 15-20 % of hospital budgets are spent in ICUs Abdul-Monim B (2001) reported that ICUs consume : 10% of hospital beds 30% of acute care hospital cost 20% of hospital budgets Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT Benha Faculty Of Medicine - EGYPT Critically ill child means a child who is in a clinical state which may result in respiratory or cardiac arrest or severe neurologic complication . Risk for critical illness may be primary cardiovascular or respiratory or secondary to neurologic , infectious , metabolic disorder or serious injury . Infection is the most common septic shock is a catastrophic immune system reaction which produce organ failure .