Publication Name	World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics
Manuscript ID	120054
Country	India

Category	Health Care Sciences & Services
Manuscript Type	Observational Study
Article Title	Performance of PIM, PRISM, and PELOD scores in a resource-limited North Indian paediatric intensive care unit
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Mangla Sood, Shreya Modi and Ishaan Sood
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Corresponding Author	Mangla Sood, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Ridge Sanjauli Road (Circular Road), Lakkar Bazar, Shimla 171001, Himāchal Pradesh, India. drmanglasood@gmail.com
Key Words	Mortality prediction; Severity of illness score; Discrimination; Calibration; Risk stratification; Outcome prediction; Critical illness; Vasoactive; Inotropic support
Core Tip	Our findings confirm that paediatric intensive care unit mortality scores (pediatric index of mortality-3, pediatric risk of mortality score III, pediatric logistic organ dysfunction score-2) demonstrate acceptable discrimination and calibration for our low resource setting paediatric intensive care unit population (all Hosmer-Lemeshow P > 0.05; standardized mortality ratios 1.00-1.04). Pediatric index of mortality-3 achieved the highest discriminative ability (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve 0.951), outperforming pediatric logistic organ dysfunction score-2 (0.939) and pediatric risk of mortality score III (0.884), and coupled with a negative predictive value > 95%, represents the most practical choice for early risk stratification and efficient resource allocation within our center.
Citation	Sood M, Modi S, Sood I. Performance of PIM, PRISM, and PELOD scores in a resource-limited North Indian paediatric intensive care unit. World J Clin Pediatr 2026; In press

Received	2026-02-13 01:51
Peer-Review Started	2026-02-13 01:52
First Decision by Editorial Office Director	2026-04-04 02:41
Return for Revision	2026-04-04 02:41
Revised	2026-04-07 10:35
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Second Decision by Editor	2026-05-26 02:39
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2026-05-26 10:05
Articles in Press	2026-05-26 10:05
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