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8441569

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
The substantial variation in birth weight-adjusted mortality among neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) may reflect differences in population illness severity. Development of an illness severity measure is essential for comparisons of outcomes. The Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology (SNAP) was developed and validated prospectively on 1643 admissions (114 deaths) in three NICUs. SNAP scores the worst physiologic derangements in each organ system in the first 24 hours. SNAP showed little correlation with birth weight and was highly predictive of neonatal mortality even within narrow birth weight strata. It was capable of separating patients into groups with 2 to 20 times higher mortality risk. It also correlated highly with other indicators of severity including nursing workload (r = .59), therapeutic intensity (r = .78), physician estimates of mortality risk (r = .65), and length of stay (R2 = .59). SNAP is an important new tool for NICU research.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0031-4005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
617-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology: a physiologic severity index for neonatal intensive care.
pubmed:affiliation
Joint Program in Neonatology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.