Use of the BIG score to predict mortality in pediatric trauma

The BIG score, which is comprised of admission base deficit (B), International Normalized Ratio (I), and GCS (G), is a severity of illness score that can be used to rapidly predict in-hospital mortality in pediatric patients presenting following traumatic injury. We sought to compare the mortality prediction of the pediatric trauma BIG score with other well-established pediatric trauma severity of illness scores: the pediatric logistic organ dysfunction (PELOD); the pediatric index of mortality 2 (PIM2); and the pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM III).

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - October 4, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jeff Bolstridge, Erika R. O'Neil, James K. Aden, Teddy Muisyo, Philip C. Spinella, Matthew A. Borgman Source Type: research