Iranian Journal of Pediatrics 2010. 20(3):323-329.

The Value of Serum Uric Acid as a Mortality Prediction in Critically Ill Children
Nakysa Hooman, Mitra Mehrazma, Shahrbanoo Nakhaii, Hasan Otukesh, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Neda Dianati-Maleki, Arash Ehteshami-Afshar

Abstract


Objective: The role of initial serum uric acid on admission in critically ill patients is controversial; we presumed that uric acid level can predict the mortality of the admitted patients to intensive care unit as a simple test.



Keywords


Uric acid, Mortality, Intensive care, Pediatrics, Sepsis, Hyperuricemia,

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