mortality rate in pediatric intensive care unit (picu): a local center experience

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javad ghaffari mazandaran university of medical sciences, sari, iran

ali abbaskhanian mazandaran university of medical sciences, sari, iran

zeinab nazari mazandaran university of medical sciences, sari, iran

چکیده

introduction: pediatric intensive care unit (picu) has a specific location for management of children with serious and severe diseases. methods: this is s crass-sectional – analytical study was performed on all children admitted in boali hospitals picu from march 2010 to march 2012 (2 years). 937 patients were analyzed. results: out of 490 patient admitted in picu (march2010 to march 2011), 35 was died (7.14%) but this was 6/04% (27/447 patients) in march2011 to march 2012 (table-1). overall, 62 cases were died (6/6%) in two years [male =30 (3.2%), female =32 (3.4%)]. in conclusion, mortality rate is similar with other developed countries or higher level of medical care.

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international journal of pediatrics

جلد ۲، شماره ۳.۲، صفحات ۸۱-۸۸

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