Research Article
Clinical and Laboratory Findings of 12 Children with Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Table 2
Clinical interventions in PICU, PRISM score, predicted mortality, and prognosis of 12 children with IMD.
| Case number | Antibiotic | Fluid resuscitation at admission 20 mg/kg in 20 minutes (times) | FFP | Platelet | ECT | Mechanical ventilation | PRISM score | Predicted (%) | Length of PICU stay (days) | Prognosis | Transfusion |
| 1 | Cefotaxime | 2 | 5 | 4 | CVVHDF | MV | 34 | 88.2 | 8 | Died | 2 | Cefotaxime | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 32 | 85.2 | 7 | Discharged | 3 | Cefotaxime | 2 | | 2 | — | | 20 | 25.7 | 5 | Discharged | 4 | Cefotaxime, vancomycin | 2 | 4 | 4 | CVVHDF | MV | 37 | 94.2 | 5 | Died | 5 | Cefotaxime | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | 11.7 | 4 | Discharged | 6 | Cefotaxime | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 | 8.2 | 3 | Discharged | 7 | Cefotaxime | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | MV | 25 | 56.7 | 3 | Discharged | 8 | Ceftriaxone | 1 | | — | — | — | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | Discharged | 9 | Cefotaxime | 3 | 2 | 3 | PLEX | MV | 30 | 64.2 | 9 | Discharged | 10 | Ceftriaxone | 1 | | — | — | — | 11 | 7.3 | 4 | Discharged | 11 | Ceftriaxone | 1 | | — | — | — | 12 | 6.4 | 4 | Discharged | 12 | Cefotaxime | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 17 | 21.1 | 4 | Discharged |
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FFP: fresh frozen plasma, ECT: extracorporeal treatment; CVVHDF: continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration, PLEX: therapeutic plasma exchange; PRISM: pediatric risk of mortality; PICU: pediatric intensive care unit.
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