TY - JOUR ID - 6656 TI - Prediction Value of CRIB-II in Outcome of Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants: a Prospective Cohort Study JO - International Journal of Pediatrics JA - IJP LA - en SN - 2345-5047 AU - Heidarzadeh, Mohammad AU - Ghorbani, Fatemeh AU - Dastgiri, Saeed AD - Assistant Professor of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. AD - PhD Candidate of Nursing, Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. AD - Epidemiologist, Faculty of Nutrition and Public Health, Tabriz University of medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 1583 EP - 1589 KW - Low birth weight infant KW - Mortality KW - Newborn Intensive Care Units KW - premature infant DO - 10.22038/ijp.2016.6656 N2 - Background: One of the most common methods of identifying mortality risk is the Clinical Risk Index for Babies scoring system (CRIB- II). The aim of this study was assessing the value of CRIB- II in predicting mortality risk in preterm and low birth weight infants in East Azerbaijan- Iran. Materials and Methods: This prospective cohort study was carried out in 2013-2014 during 6 months in NICUs of Alzahra, Taleqani and Children hospitals of Tabriz-Iran. All infants ≤ 32 weeks’ gestational age or ≤ 1500gr birth weight were included in the study using consecutive method. After calculating CRIB- II score, the infants were followed up at 3 months of age and their outcome was determined. The data was analyzed using SPSS-13, t- test, receiver operating characteristics (ROC) and area under curve (AUC) and relative risk (RR). Results: Of total 215 infants, 64 infants (29.7%) died in the hospital and one infant (0.4%) died after discharging from the hospital. 150 (68.8%) infants, were alive at 3 months age follow up. The mean of CRIB- II score in the group of dead infants was higher and statistically significant compared to the group of alive infants (P<0.05). The prediction power of CRIB- II was determined at 8.5 cut off point regarding the outcome of infants. Based on AUC, the CRIB- II score predicted 83% of mortality rate in infants (confidence interval =76-90). Conclusion: Findings indicated the notable power of CRIB- II in predicting infants’ mortality, so it can be used as a simple and reliable tool to prioritize the interventions in Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICUs). UR - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_6656.html L1 - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_6656_54c9bc769a03c7167d4d7084b66a798f.pdf ER -