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This version was machine-translated from German and has not been medically reviewed. The authoritative version is the German version.

Pediatric BIG Score

Base deficit + 2.5 × INR + (15 − GCS) – mortality after trauma (Borgman 2011)

Details
Enter a base deficit with a minus sign (e.g. -6 for a base deficit of 6); positive values count as a base deficit of 0.

Calculation aid for healthcare professionals: the calculator reproduces what the sources cited assign to the inputs. Clinical assessment and every treatment decision remain with the treating physician. Inputs and results are not stored.

Frequently asked questions

Pediatric BIG Score: What does this calculator compute?

Pediatric BIG Score (Borgman 2011): base deficit + 2.5 × INR + (15 − GCS) with the published mortality equation (1/(1 + e^−(0.2 × BIG − 5.208))) and the cut-offs of the validation in blunt trauma (Davis 2015: 16).

Pediatric BIG Score: Which sources is this calculator based on?

Borgman MA, Maegele M, Wade CE, Blackbourne LH, Spinella PC: Pediatric trauma BIG score: predicting mortality in children after military and civilian trauma (Pediatrics 127:e892–e897) (2011); El-Gamasy MA, Elezz AA, Basuni AS, Elrazek ME: Pediatric trauma BIG score: predicting mortality in polytraumatized pediatric patients (Indian J Crit Care Med 20:640–646) (2016)