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==Overview==
'''PIM2''' is a scoring system for rating the severity of medical illness for children, one of several [[ICU scoring systems]]. Its name stands for "Paediatric Index of Mortality". It has been designed to provide a predicted mortality for a patient by following a well defined procedure. Predicted mortalities are good when dealing with several patients, because the average predicted mortality for a group of patients is an indicator for the [[morbidity]] of these patients.

Just like [[APACHE II]] and [[SAPS II]], it doesn't provide a real-life predicted mortality. The standard is too old, variations in mortality are huge between countries and departments, and the definition of mortality is varying, too. However, PIM2 provides a good way to benchmark different sets of patients.


==References==
* Anthony Slater, Frank Shann, Gale Pearson. (2003). PIM2: a revised version of the Paediatric Index of Mortality. Intensive Care Med (2003) 29:278-285. <small>this is the first published description of the scoring system</small>

[[Category:Intensive care medicine]]
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