The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has been described as a stressful place for parents of critically ill children. Research to date has examined parents’ needs and stressors with a child in PICU. There is a paucity of research examining the experience for parents of a child who is transferred from the PICU to the hospital ward. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 10 parents within 24-48 hours after transfer from a PICU to a hospital ward at a children’s hospital in Canada to understand this experience. Parents revealed that the experience involved a search for comfort through transitions as expressed through the themes of: ‘being a parent with a critically ill child is exhausting’, ‘being kept in the know’, ‘feeling supported by others’, and ‘being transferred’. The findings from this study can help nurses and other health professionals working with parents to support them through the transition from PICU. Recommendations are made for the inclusion of family-centered care practices to assist parents through transitions.

This study examines the impact of the physical setting in the care and healing process of hospitalized children, their families, and the caregivers in two selected pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the U.S. and Turkey. A holistic, cross-cultural, comparative, and naturalistic approach emphasized the importance of the total (i.e., physical, social, cultural, spiritual, organizational, political) environment and quality of life to health and healing. Information was gathered through qualitative methods such as participant observations, behavioral maps, in-depth interviews, and floor plan analysis. Despite some universal features of the PICU atmosphere, the value and place ascribed to pediatric critical care in Turkey and the U.S. present different worldviews. Field studies revealed social interaction as a universal healing function despite its cultural specificity stemming from socio-cultural, ethnic, economic, and religious differences between different groups. Crowding, parental absence, and over-stimulation, which stem from the lack of individual patient rooms, and organizational problems related with human resources and staffing shortage play against the critically ill child’s deep need to heal in the Turkish PICU. Despite spatial limitations, informal social interactions and cooperative relationships among caregivers, their devotion, and their ability to adapt to the existing physical and social environment enable care delivery. While staffing shortage continues to be a crucial problem in the U.S. model, specialization of labor and the systemic organization in general support care delivery, reducing the importance of informal social interactions and cooperation among caregivers. However, emphasizing the role of the family in the child’s care, social interaction is also identified as a healing function in this setting. Therefore, despite the significant role the physical setting may play in healing, social interaction is found to be more important for improving patient outcomes and the well-being of families and caregivers. The study focuses on six healing design interventions to increase the chances for positive social interaction and collaboration. These are programmatic (provisional, scale, locational), functional, ambient, symbolic, social and psychological interventions.

The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has been described as a stressful place for parents of critically ill children. Research to date has examined parents’ needs and stressors with a child in PICU. There is a paucity of research examining the experience for parents of a child who is transferred from the PICU to the hospital ward. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 10 parents within 24-48 hours after transfer from a PICU to a hospital ward at a children’s hospital in Canada to understand this experience. Parents revealed that the experience involved a search for comfort through transitions as expressed through the themes of: ‘being a parent with a critically ill child is exhausting’, ‘being kept in the know’, ‘feeling supported by others’, and ‘being transferred’. The findings from this study can help nurses and other health professionals working with parents to support them through the transition from PICU. Recommendations are made for the inclusion of family-centered care practices to assist parents through transitions.

The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has been described as a stressful place for parents of critically ill children. Research to date has examined parents’ needs and stressors with a child in PICU. There is a paucity of research examining the experience for parents of a child who is transferred from the PICU to the hospital ward. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 10 parents within 24-48 hours after transfer from a PICU to a hospital ward at a children’s hospital in Canada to understand this experience. Parents revealed that the experience involved a search for comfort through transitions as expressed through the themes of: ‘being a parent with a critically ill child is exhausting’, ‘being kept in the know’, ‘feeling supported by others’, and ‘being transferred’. The findings from this study can help nurses and other health professionals working with parents to support them through the transition from PICU. Recommendations are made for the inclusion of family-centered care practices to assist parents through transitions.

A pediatric intensivist in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic's (UIHC) Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) was concerned about antimicrobial use in the unit. However, no one had quantified antimicrobial use in the UIHC's PICU or described the patterns of antimicrobial use in this unit. To address the intensivist's concern, the principal investigator (PI) conducted a retrospective study to determine the percentage of patients who received antimicrobial treatments, to determine the indications for antimicrobial use, and to identify antimicrobial agents used most frequently in the unit. On basis of our data, we hypothesized that empiric antimicrobial use, particularly the duration of therapy, could be decreased. We implemented a six-month intervention during which we asked the pediatric intensivists to complete an antimicrobial assessment form (AA) to document their rationale for starting antimicrobial treatments. We postulated that this documentation process might remind physicians to review antimicrobial therapies, especially empiric therapies, when the microbiologic data became available. In addition, we utilized the AA form to identify factors pediatric intensivists considered when deciding to prescribe empiric antimicrobial treatments. Data from the AA forms suggested that pediatric intensivists in the UIHC's PICU often considered elevated C-reactive protein, elevated white blood cell counts, and elevated temperatures when deciding to start empiric antimicrobial therapy. Data from the three nested periods showed that the median duration of empiric and targeted treatments decreased during the intervention and remained stable during the post-intervention period. The PI estimated that 193 days of empiric antimicrobial therapy and 59 days of targeted antimicrobial therapy, respectively, may have been saved by the decreased durations of therapy. Time series analysis assessing the trend in use of piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime, and ceftriaxone (measured in mg/wk) did not reveal a significant change over time. On the basis of our results, an intervention strategy using an AA form alone may not be an effective strategy for antimicrobial stewardship in PICUs. Additional measures such as automatic stop orders and computer decision support may be useful for reducing the duration of empiric therapy in PICUs.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 PDF - Gabriella Cézar dos Santos.pdf: 53943300 bytes, checksum: 8c47ede31c4e6c665d96c73d7b0f4317 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-24 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Pediatric palliative care is a health care approach, based on humanitarian and scientific principles, which proposes broad, multidisciplinary and active assistance in promoting quality of life, minimizing the pain and suffering of children with life-limiting or life-threatening diseases. The philosophy of palliative care benefits integral care, from the diagnosis on. It values the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects, respecting life and death as natural processes, seeking to preserve the maximum of autonomy and dignity. This study aimed to understand the concepts and practices of health professionals working in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) on pediatric palliative care and dignified death. It was a cross- sectional, descriptive, and analytical study, with a quantitative qualitative approach. The field of investigation was the PICUs of three hospital institutions in the city of Campina Grande, in the state of Paraíba. Thirty health professionals from the staff of the PICUs participated in this study. The professionals were contacted by the criterion of accessibility and the total of participants was defined by the criterion of saturation. The instruments of data collection were a social demographic questionnaire to delineate the profile of the professionals, and a semi- structured interview with questions about the humanization of the care, about the concepts and practices of pediatric palliative care in PICUs, about the assistance provided for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and in a reserved prognosis situation, about how professionals deal with the death of children in PICUs and about the possibility of a dignified death for children in hospital care. The social demographic data were evaluated through descriptive statistics and the interviews were analyzed through content analysis and the technique of enunciation analysis. To give better visibility to the results, we used the resource of sense association trees. The results were coupled into two categories: Concepts, practices, feasibility and limits of pediatric palliative care in PICUs; and Dealing with death in PICUs. Results showed that knowledge about the purposes, the comprehensiveness of the palliative approach, and the possibilities of action of the intensive staff in this field of care are insufficient. Some professionals know some of the principles and identify the demand. However, they stumble on institutional and cultural issues that make the dialogue and the accomplishment of pediatric palliative care difficult. Dying in the PICUs is preceded, for the most part, by measures that try to prolong the death process as much as possible. Dealing with death and the suffering of children are situations described as difficult. Most of the participants understand the pillars that give sustainability to the concept of a dignified death, although others are totally unaware of this. We expect that this study will contribute to the advancement of scientific literature on the Brazilian reality regarding palliative care and the humanization of death in the pediatric context. This research can stimulate reflections, enhance discussions, and contribute to the empowerment of health professionals and the society in general in the humanization of health care. / Os cuidados paliativos pediátricos constituem uma abordagem de cuidado em saúde, baseada em princípios humanitários e científicos, que propõe uma assistência ampla, multidisciplinar e ativa na promoção da qualidade de vida, minimização das dores e dos sofrimentos de crianças com doenças limitantes ou ameaçadoras da vida. A filosofia dos cuidados paliativos privilegia o cuidado integral, desde o diagnóstico, valorizando os aspectos biopsicossociais e espirituais; respeita a vida e a morte como processos naturais, para os quais buscar resguardar o máximo de autonomia e de dignidade. Este estudo teve como objetivo geral conhecer as concepções e as práticas dos profissionais de saúde atuantes em Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátricas (UTIP's) acerca dos cuidados paliativos pediátricos e da morte digna. Tratou-se de uma pesquisa transversal, descritiva e analítica, com abordagem quantiqualitativa, que teve como campo de investigação as UTIP's de três instituições hospitalares na cidade de Campina Grande - PB. Participaram deste estudo 30 profissionais de saúde integrantes das equipes fixas das UTIP's. Os profissionais foram contatados pelo critério de acessibilidade e o total de participantes foi definido pelo critério de saturação. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados foram um questionário sociodemográfico, para delinear o perfil dos profissionais e uma entrevista semiestruturada com questões sobre a humanização da assistência; as concepções e as práticas dos cuidados paliativos pediátricos nas UTIP's; a assistência prestada às crianças com doenças limitantes ou ameaçadoras da vida e em situação de prognóstico reservado; como os profissionais lidam com a morte das crianças nas UTIP's e sobre a possibilidade de uma morte digna para crianças em assistência hospitalar. Os dados sociodemográficos foram avaliados por meio da estatística descritiva e as entrevistas foram analisadas mediante a análise de conteúdo e a técnica de análise de enunciação. Para dar melhor visibilidade aos resultados utilizamos o recurso das árvores de associação de sentidos. Os resultados foram acoplados em duas categorias: Concepções, práticas, viabilidade e limites dos cuidados paliativos pediátricos nas UTIP's e Lidando com a morte nas UTIP's; e mostraram que o conhecimento sobre os propósitos, a abrangência da abordagem paliativista e as possibilidades de ação dos intensivistas nesse campo de cuidado são insuficientes. Alguns profissionais conhecem alguns princípios e identificam a demanda, no entanto, tropeçam em questões institucionais e culturais que dificultam o diálogo e a realização dos cuidados paliativos pediátricos. O morrer nas UTIP's é antecedido, na maioria das vezes, por medidas que tentam prolongar ao máximo o processo da morte; o lidar com a morte e com o sofrimento das crianças são situações descritas como difíceis; a maior parte dos participantes compreende os pilares que dão sustentabilidade para a conceituação de morte digna, entretanto outros os desconhecem totalmente. Espera-se que este estudo possa contribuir com o avanço da literatura científica sobre a realidade brasileira a respeito dos cuidados paliativos e da humanização da morte, no contexto pediátrico. Esta pesquisa pode incitar reflexões, potencializar as discussões e contribuir para o empoderamento dos profissionais de saúde e da sociedade para a humanização das práticas de saúde.

nÃo hà / MudanÃas que aconteceram no sÃculo XX, permitiram que avanÃos tecnolÃgicos aumentassem a sobrevida diante de doenÃas anteriormente incurÃveis e processos patolÃgicos irreversÃveis. No entanto, a busca incessante pela cura, alÃm de levar ao aumento da sobrevida, tambÃm gerou a obstinaÃÃo terapÃutica, ou seja, medidas terapÃuticas fÃteis diante de evoluÃÃo inexorÃvel para a morte, impactando em indicadores como Ãndice de satisfaÃÃo do cliente e cuidadores, tempo mÃdio de permanÃncia, elevaÃÃo de custos, bem como em prejuÃzo na distribuiÃÃo equitativa de recursos. No inÃcio dos anos 90, a limitaÃÃo do suporte de vida (LSV) comeÃou a ser estudada e considerada, em paÃses da Europa, Estados Unidos, Canadà e Austrlia, como forma de assistir os pacientes nesses casos, uma vez que as medidas terapÃuticas nÃo mais trariam benefÃcios, mas gerariam prolongamento do sofrimento e do processo de morrer. No Brasil, contudo, os estudos sÃo limitados e os dados referentes ao Nordeste do paÃs sÃo ainda muito escassos. O objetivo do estudo foi caracterizar as condutas mÃdicas que antecederam o Ãbito de pacientes em UTI pediÃtrica e neonatal em um hospital de referÃncia do Nordeste Brasileiro. Foram estudados 86 prontuÃrios de pacientes que morreram nas referidas UTIs no perÃodo de dezembro/09 a novembro/10. Apenas 3,5% dos Ãbitos ocorreram apÃs LSV registrada em prontuÃrio, destes 33,7% tinham doenÃa crÃnica associada, sendo as neoplasias as mais comuns. As causas de Ãbito mais comuns foram sepse (23,5%), falÃncia de mÃltiplos ÃrgÃos (18,8%), insuficiÃncia respiratÃria (12,9%), cardiopatias congÃnitas (8,2%) e as outras causas somaram 36,6%. A maior parte dos pacientes morreu apÃs aumento das medidas de suporte avanÃado de vida, considerando as ultimas 24h antes do Ãbito: drogas vasoativas (59,3% 24h antes e 70,9% no momento do Ãbito); VentilaÃÃo mecÃnica (89,5% 24h antes e 95,2% no momento do Ãbito). Enquanto as medidas de cuidados e conforto nÃo tiveram a mesma expressÃo, tendo um aumento irrelevante: sedaÃÃo (39,5% 24h antes e 43% no momento do Ãbito); analgesia (60% 24h antes e 60,5% no momento do Ãbito). As manobras de ressuscitaÃÃo cardiopulmonar foram registradas em 4,7% 48h antes do Ãbito, 29,1% 24h antes e 69,4% no momento do Ãbito. O uso de adrenalina foi registrado em 55,4% antes do Ãbito. Conclui-se que a LSV ainda nÃo à frequentemente considerada como uma alternativa de assistÃncia de final de vida a pacientes pediÃtricos e neonatais no Estado do CearÃ, onde as condutas mais prevalentes incluem o incremento do suporte avanÃado de vida em detrimento das medidas de conforto e cuidados paliativos. Comparando-se com estudos do Sul e Sudeste do paÃs, evidencia-se uma grande diferenÃa, onde se observam uma maior prevalÃncia de LSV e cuidados paliativos para pacientes em fase terminal, o que denota prÃticas mais humanas e de maior qualidade na assistÃncia. / Changes around the world at the XX century allowed new technologies to improve the possibilities of surviving in so many cases of sickness that were incurable before. Besides the benefits it brought, other consequences have come together specially futility, in other words futile therapeutic measures when the cure is impossible and the death is inevitable. These facts have influence in client satisfaction, lengh of stay and costs elevation. Since 1990 life support limitation (LSL) started to be considered in Europe, United States, Canada and Austrlia to assist patients in terminal conditions to whom curative practices wouldnât bring any benefit. In Brazil there is a limited number of studies and the data from the Northeastern are even less. The aim of this study was to describe the medical practices before death in patients in PICU and NICU at a reference pediatric hospital in Brazilian Northeastern. Data were collected from 86 medical charts. Only 3.5% of LSL was registered. 33.7% of patients had some chronic disease and neoplasic ones were more comons. The main causes of death were: sepsis (23.5%), MDOS (18.8%), respiratory failure (12.9%), congenital heart disease (8.2%) and the other causes 36.6% together. Most of patients died after increment in vasoatives administration, considering the final 24 hours before death (59.3% 24h before, 70.9% at the momento of death). Mechanical ventilation (89.5% 24h before, 95.2% at the moment). In the other hand palliative care and pain control were not so frequent as could be expected: sedative (39.5 24h before, 43% at the moment) analgesic (60% 24h before, 60.5% at the moment). CPR was offered in 4.7% of patients 48h before death, 29.1% 24h before and 69.4% at the moment of death. Adrenaline was used in 55.4% at the moment of death. These data show that LSL is not a frequente alternative to assist terminal patients at PICU and NICU in Brazilian Northeastern, where more prevalent practices are to maintain life support instead of offer palliative care and pain control. At Southern and Southeastern practice include LSL and palliative care more frequently, what suggests better practices of the end-of-life care.

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Submitted by Rosivalda Pereira (mrs.pereira@ufma.br) on 2017-05-12T19:40:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JaynaraPinheiro.pdf: 4663635 bytes, checksum: 7554288d7240b9a04ed3e113bba42518 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-12T19:40:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JaynaraPinheiro.pdf: 4663635 bytes, checksum: 7554288d7240b9a04ed3e113bba42518 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-28 / The Nursing Care Systematization is the methodology used to plan, execute and The Nursing Care Systematization is the methodology used to plan, execute and assess the care, having as essence the care as a working organization tool, the Nursing Process. That is operationalized by a team work, articulated and complementary, enabling the care continuity. The Nursing Process first stage was inserted at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Maranhão Federal University Teaching Hospital in 2013. In the last two years this service has been through a plenty of work staff alterations due to retirement, resignation and new workers hiring. This fact, associated to matters of operation and work process, made us question: what conceptions are revealed by the nurses about the Nursing Process and how they deal with the assistance history operationalization? The research had as objectives: comprehend the nurses’ conceptions about the children care Nursing Process in intensive care; assess the registers and characterize the Nursing History handling in this Intensive Care Unit. It was used the research mixed method combining quantitative and qualitative research with statistical and textual analysis. For data obtainment, it was used the participant observation and primary data collection with the 12 nurses, supported by a questionnaire with open questions analyzed with the Content Analysis methodological support. The research second stage was documental and retrospective using as documental support 72 hospitalized children Nursing Histories in the period between January and August, 2015. For the Nursing History analysis it was used a tool made specifically for this goal, from the items of each Human Basic Need on the same mode they are presented on the Nursing History of the research service context. For the analysis of the Nursing History filling it was used scores which vary from 1 to 189 points. It was classified as Terrible (1 to 66 points); Bad (67 to 100 points); Regular (101 to 145 points); Good or Great (145 or more points). On the qualitative approach two thematic categories were built (Nursing History Valorization and Difficulties on the Nursing History Handling) and seven subcategories (First Contact and Bond Mobilizing Opportunity and Interactive Process; Care Planning and Management Instrument; Individualized and Enlarged Care Strategy; Risks Security and Minimization Resource; Nursing Valorization Instrument; Relative to Working Process; Relative to Nursing History Structure). The qualitative results revealed the nurses assign bureaucratic characteristics to the Nursing History, despite of considering it contributes for the integral care, ample and resolutive on an ambivalent construct between what they think and do as a substantial number of the analyzed items were incomplete or blank. Regarding the Nursing History filling 47,2% were classified as regular, 23,7% bad, 22,2% great and 6,9% terrible. The results characterized the Nursing History handling by nurses of the pediatric intensive care from a subjective and objective perspective of the data analysis revealing it as ambivalent, ambiguous and disqualified in terms of its filling during the nurse care practices. / A Sistematização da Assistência de Enfermagem é a metodologia usada para planejar, executar e avaliar o cuidado, tendo como essência o cuidar e como ferramenta de organização do trabalho, o Processo de Enfermagem. Este é operacionalizado por um trabalho em equipe, articulado e complementar possibilitando a continuidade do cuidado. A primeira etapa do Processo de Enfermagem foi implantada na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica do Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Maranhão em 2013. Nos últimos dois anos esse serviço alterou o quadro funcional por aposentadoria, demissões e admissões de novos funcionários. Esse fato, aliado a questões operacionais e do processo de trabalho, nos fez questionar: que concepções são reveladas pelos enfermeiros sobre o Processo de Enfermagem e como lidam com a operacionalização do histórico na assistência? A pesquisa teve como objetivos: compreender concepções dos enfermeiros sobre o Processo de Enfermagem no cuidado a crianças em terapia intensiva; avaliar os registros e caracterizar o manejo do histórico de enfermagem nessa Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Utilizou-se o método misto de pesquisa combinando pesquisa quantitativa e qualitativa com análises estatísticas e textuais. Para obtenção dos dados, utilizou-se a observação participante e coleta dos dados primários com 12 enfermeiros apoiada por questionário com perguntas abertas analisados com apoio metodológico da Análise de Conteúdo. A segunda etapa da pesquisa foi documental e retrospectiva utilizando 72 Históricos de Enfermagem de crianças internadas no serviço de janeiro a agosto de 2015. Para análise, utilizou-se instrumento construído para esse fim, a partir dos itens de cada Necessidade Básica Humana da mesma maneira que estão apresentados no Histórico de Enfermagem do serviço contexto da pesquisa. Para análise do preenchimento, utilizou-se escores que variaram de 1 a 189 pontos. Foi classificado em Péssimo (1 a 66 pontos); Ruim (67 a 100 pontos); Regular (101 a 145 pontos); Bom ou Ótimo” (145 ou mais pontos). Na abordagem qualitativa foram construídas duas categorias temáticas (Valorização do Histórico de Enfermagem e Dificuldades para o Manejo do Histórico de Enfermagem) e sete subcategorias (Oportunidade de Primeiro Contato e Mobilizador de Vínculo e Processos Interativos; Instrumento para o Planejamento e Gestão de Cuidado; Estratégia para o Cuidado Individualizado e Ampliado; Recurso para Segurança e Minimização de Riscos; Instrumento de Valorização da Enfermagem; Relativas ao Processo de Trabalho; Relativas a Estrutura do Histórico de Enfermagem). Os resultados qualitativos revelaram que os enfermeiros atribuem ao Histórico de Enfermagem características burocráticas, apesar de considerarem que o mesmo contribui para o cuidado integral, amplo e resolutivo em um constructo ambivalente entre o que pensam e o que fazem, pois um número considerável dos itens desse analisados estavam incompletos ou em branco. Quanto ao preenchimento do Histórico de Enfermagem 47,2% foi classificado como regular, 23,7% ruim, 22,2% ótimo e 6,9% péssimo. Os resultados caracterizaram o manejo do Histórico de Enfermagem por enfermeiros da terapia intensiva pediátrica numa perspectiva subjetiva e objetiva da análise dos dados revelando-o como ambivalente, ambíguo e desqualificado no tocante à formalidade no preenchimento do mesmo nas práticas de cuidado do enfermeiro.

As primeiras publicações sobre o paciente pediátrico com câncer na UTI datam do final da década de 1980, e a função da UTIP (Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica) está bem estabelecida como medida de suporte nas fases da doença de maior gravidade clínica, tanto no diagnóstico inicial como durante o tratamento e suas complicações. Em virtude das peculiaridades do paciente oncológico, que reforçam a importância de verificarmos a probabilidade de óbito, foi introduzida a utilização de escores prognósticos como ferramenta de controle da qualidade assistencial e para cálculo de risco de mortalidade. Objetivo: Avaliar o desempenho (discriminação e calibração) do escore PIM2 nos pacientes com câncer na UTI Pediátrica. Determinar os fatores associados a uma chance maior de óbito. Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo, de base histórica das admissões de crianças e adolescentes com câncer na UTIP do HCPA no período de janeiro 2002 a dezembro de 2005. Resultados e conclusões: Foram estudadas 201 admissões de pacientes, com uma taxa de mortalidade geral de 19%. A discriminação do escore PIM2 (auc-ROC = 0,88; IC 0,82- 0,94; p < 0,0001), foi considerada adequada. O valor do ponto de corte para o escore PIM 2 na curva auc-ROC foi de 6,3%. Não houve uma boa calibração para os intervalos de risco do PIM2 (X²= 22,8, gl = 4, p < 0,001). As variáveis relacionadas com pior prognóstico foram: choque (Odds- Ratio, OR=6,79; IC= 2,81- 21,2), FMO (OR=4,94; IC= 1,33-18,34), leucopenia (OR= 4,65; IC= 1,58-13,6) e terapêutica com ventilação mecânica (OR= 4,1; IC = 1,11-15,04). / Introduction: The first studies on pediatric cancer patients treated in intensive care unit were published in late eighties. After that the role of pediatric intensive care unit became well established and the prognostic scores for oncologic patient were more broadly used. quality control of assistance and prognostication. Objective: Assess the performance (discrimination and calibration) in cancer patients in a tertiary Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. Describe the associated factors with the risk of mortality in these patients. Methods: Retrospective analysis of 201 admissions in Hospital Clínicas Porto Alegre Pediatric Intensive Care Unit from January, 2002, to December, 2005. Results and conclusions: 201 admissions of patients with a mortality rate of 19%. The discrimination of PIM2 score (auc-ROC = 0,88; IC 0,82- 0,94; p < 0,0001) was considered good or adequated. The threshold value (cut off point) for the PIM2 score was 6,3%, The chi- square test has no good calibration. (X²= 22,8, p < 0,001, dof = 4). The variables more related to bad outcome were: shock (OR= Odds- Ratio, OR= 6,79, CI= 2,81- 21,2)., DMO (OR= 4,94, IC= 1,33- 18,34), leucopenia (OR= 4,65, CI= 1,58-13,6) and therapeutic support with mechanical ventilation (OR= 4,1, CI= 1,11- 15,04).