1130: MORTALITY AND CRITICAL DETERIORATION IN HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN.

These events also pose increased mortality risk throughout an ICU stay and thus could offer a valuable target outcome for risk prediction models within the ICU B Introduction: b Critical deterioration in hospitalized children has been defined in the literature as ward to intensive care unit (ICU) transfer followed by events such as mechanical ventilation (MV) or vasopressor administration within 12 hours. Children who experience MV or vasopressor events within 12 hours of ICU transfer are at the highest risk for mortality and constitute a target cohort for risk prediction models in pre-ICU settings. [Extracted from the article]