Results: A total of 213 children were admitted to the PICU during the study period. Using logistic regression, factors associated with mortality in the PICU were analysed. This prospective cross-sectional study examined the association between the characteristics and physiological status of these patients and mortality. Demographic and physiological data on each patient were gathered and each was assigned a MP score. Methods: All admissions to the PICU at KUTH from October 2012 to October 2014 were included. Objective: This study sought to identify risk factors associated with mortality in the newly established Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Kigali University Teaching Hospital (KUTH) in Rwanda and test the predictive ability of a newly devised mortality risk score, the modified PRISM (MP) score. However, published data on the practice of critical care and patient outcomes in these settings are scant. Background: The enormous burden of critical illness in resource-limited settings has led to a growing interest in paediatric critical care in these regions.
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