Comparison of the Automated Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction-2 Versus Manual Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction-2 Score for Critically Ill Children*

Abstract

We successfully created a freely available automatic algorithm to calculate the Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction-2 score that is less labor intensive and has better survival discrimination than the manual calculation. Use of an automated system could greatly facilitate integration of the Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction-2 score at the bedside and within clinical decision support systems.