Abstract:The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of serum ferritin (SF) and PRISM-III (Pediatric Risk of Mortality) score in predicting mortality in critically ill children aged 6 months to 15 years diagnosed with acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). This prospective observational study was conducted in the PICU of a tertiary teaching hospital in Northern India between July 2018 and June 2019. The primary outcome was to determine the association of admission SF … Show more
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