Journal article
The New York University Pediatric Heart Failure Index: A new method of quantifying chronic heart failure severity in children
The Journal of pediatrics, Vol.138(5), pp.644-648
05/2001
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2001.114020
PMID: 11343037
Abstract
Objective: The assessment of the severity of heart failure in pediatric patients is handicapped by the subjectivity of diagnostic parameters. This study evaluated the feasibility of a new standardized heart failure index, the New York University Pediatric Heart Failure Index (NYU PHFI), to quantify the degree of heart failure in a selected pediatric population. Methods and Results: The index is a weighted, linear combination of scores based on symptoms, physical signs, and medical regimen. Overall, healthy children (n = 12) scored very low (0 to 2) on this index. Mean scores of children (<2 years; mean age, 4.8 months; n = 12) with a left-to-right shunt lesion declined from 11.4 (SD ± 4.1, P <.001, 2-tailed test) before surgery to 1.8 (SD ± 1.3) after surgical correction of their cardiac defects. The average inter-observer correlation coefficient was 0.95 (P <.001), despite a wide range of scores. Conclusions: The NYU PHFI appears to be a reliable and convenient instrument for measuring heart failure severity in children. These initial results support further testing in broader diagnostic and age groups and over longer periods. (J Pediatr 2001;138:644-8)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The New York University Pediatric Heart Failure Index: A new method of quantifying chronic heart failure severity in children
- Creators
- Dana ConnollyMonika RutkowskiMarcelo AuslenderMichael Artman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of pediatrics, Vol.138(5), pp.644-648
- Publisher
- Mosby, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1067/mpd.2001.114020
- PMID
- 11343037
- ISSN
- 0022-3476
- eISSN
- 1097-6833
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2001
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
- Record Identifier
- 9984093472602771
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