Mortality Rate in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU):A Local Center Experience

Introduction:pediatric intensive care unit (picu) has a specific location for management of children with serious and severe diseases.materials and methods:this is a crass-sectional and analytical study was performed on all children admitted in picu of boali hospital from march 2010 to march 2012. results:out of 490 patient admitted in picu, 35 was died (7.14%), but this was 6/04 % (27/447 patients) in march 2011 to march 2012. overall, 62 cases were died (6/6%) in two years [male =30 (3.2%), female =32 (3.4%)].conclusion:mortality rate is similar with other developed countries or higher level of medical care.