Correlation Of Clinical Risk Index For Babies (Crib Ii) Score With Mortality In Premature Babies – One Year Hospital Based Observational Study

Abstract

Background and objectives Every year, 15 million babies are born prematurely. Many attempts are underway to minimize preterm births, including identifying risk factors and improving maternal care. In 2019, 2.4 million neonates died globally, representing half of all deaths in children under five. Estimating mortality risk is useful for quality control, management and resource allocation. A scoring system like Clinical Risk Index for Babies (CRIB) II score can be used early after hospitalisation, easy to use for the defined population for which it is appropriate and predicts mortality. The efficiency of the mortality predicting scores vary between populations requiring external validation is essential. The present study was undertaken to correlate the CRIB II score with mortality and length of hospital stay in premature babies.