OBJECTIVES To validate the PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure) tool, a novel visual instrument, for the assessment of health-related quality of life in dermatological inpatients compared with the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and the Skindex-29 questionnaires and to report qualitative information on PRISM. DESIGN In an open longitudinal study, PRISM and Skinde...

The PRISM III score is widely used in pediatric intensive care units (PICU) and has been extensively validated in various settings. While simple enough to allow for fast manual evaluation, PRISM III dichotomizes predictive variables to form prediction scores, which may lead to critical failures. In this paper, we seek to develop a risk prediction score that preserves clinical knowledge embedded...

INTRODUCTION Two generic paediatric mortality scoring systems have been validated in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Paediatric RISk of Mortality (PRISM) requires an observation period of 24 hours, and PRISM III measures severity at two time points (at 12 hours and 24 hours) after admission, which represents a limitation for clinical trials that require earlier inclusion. The Paediat...

OBJECTIVES To assess the frequency of primary multiple organ failure and the role of sepsis as a causative agent in critically ill pediatric patients; and calculate and evaluate the accuracy of the Pediatric Risk of Mortality III (PRISM III) and Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction (PELOD) scores to predict the outcomes of critically ill children. METHODS Retrospective study, which evaluated ...

Pediatric intensive care units (PICU) aim at promoting qualified care with the objective of achieving the best results and better progress for critically ill children. Mortality is the most frequently assessed outcome in PICU. This study was carried out to assess the factors contributing to the patient mortality in our PICU, including PRISM III and other predicting factors. This is a retrospect...

BACKGROUND Dizziness adversely affects an individual's well-being. However, its impact is not only influenced by its physical manifestations, but also by its subjective importance to the patient. Appropriately assessing the subjective burden of dizziness is difficult. The Pictorial-Representation of Illness- and Self-Measure (PRISM), on which patients illustrate the distance between their 'self...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Phase angle (PA) is the difference between voltage and current and can be used as an indicator of body cell mass. Clinical studies show that low phase angle is associated with morbidity and mortality of critical patients. The purpose of this study was to know the relation between phase angle and the Pediatric Risk of Mortality I (PRISM I) score, associating this score ...