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PRISM III

Pediatric Risk of Mortality III: 17 physiological variables with age-dependent limits, 0–74 points

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Age

Circulation and neurology

Systolic blood pressure (lowest) (mmHg)

Empty fields are treated as normal.

Heart rate (highest, not while crying) (/min)

Temperature (lowest or highest) (°C)

Glasgow Coma Scale (lowest, not within 2 h after sedation)

Pupillary reaction

Acid-base and blood gases

pH (lowest or highest)

In acidosis and alkalosis, enter both values in the respective fields.

pH (highest, in alkalosis)

Total CO₂ (lowest) (mmol/l)

Total CO₂ (highest) (mmol/l)

pCO₂ (highest) (mmHg)

PaO₂ (lowest, arterial) (mmHg)

Chemistry

Glucose (highest)

Potassium (highest) (mmol/l)

Creatinine (highest)

Urea N (BUN, highest)

Hematology

Leukocytes (lowest) (/µl)

Platelets (lowest) (/µl)

Prothrombin time (PT) (s)

PTT (s)

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Sources

PRISM III: an updated Pediatric Risk of Mortality score (Crit Care Med 24:743–752) Pollack MM, Patel KM, Ruttimann UE, 1996. Original paper (not freely accessible)
Illness severity and organ dysfunction scoring in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Indian J Crit Care Med 20:27–35) – Table 2: PRISM III Gulla KM, Sachdev A, 2016. Review article (freely accessible; verbatim reproduction of the table)
The Pediatric Risk of Mortality Score: Update 2015 (Pediatr Crit Care Med 17:2–9) – PRISM IV, Table 3 Pollack MM, Holubkov R, Funai T, et al.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network, 2016. Original paper (freely accessible)

Scientific basis last reviewed: September 2026.

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Calculation aid for healthcare professionals. Percentiles and z-scores describe the position of a measured value in the reference population; clinical assessment remains with the treating physician.