PIM the Program: ReadMe

PIM (Intens. Care Med. 1997 23:201-7 PIM (Intens. Care Med. 1997 23:201-7 [abstract]) is the new mortality prediction model for paediatric intensive care that only requires a minimal quantity of first contact data to be collected [see additional instructions below]. PIM the Program is a Windows 3.1 utility that will run in Windows 95 and is designed to record PIM data on consecutive paediatric admissions and produce summary statistics on case mix and unit performance. It has been derived from a large database of Australian and British Paediatric Intensive care admissions and was presented by invitation by its principal author (Prof Shann of RCH Melbourne) at the World Congess in Rotterdam in 1996. We (the authors and PIM development team) have gone on to write a stand alone PICU audit utility that will generate summary statistics and profiles of PICU performance using the PIM.

The programme will generate Graphs of Length of stay, age of admissions, observed to expected mortality ratios for different risk categories, case mix by principal diagnosis and many other features. It will allow the export of text files for the users' own analyses and comes with a comprehensive help file. The help file solicits collaboration with the PIM design team and will, if requested, generate an encrypted file (to ensure confidentiality) that can be posted to the PIM collaborators. If you like the program please share your data with the PIM group.

G.A. Pearson
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist
(PIM clinical help contact)
Gale.pearson@bhamchildrens.wmids.nhs.uk

J. Stickley
Information Manager
(Installation or program help contact)
John.Stickley@bhamchildrens.wmids.nhs.uk

The Birmingham Children's Hospital
Birmingham, England

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• Available for direct download as:
  • PIM-SOFT.ZIP: the program itself - 430 KB - (zip compression)

  • PIM-BDE.ZIP: the Borland Database Engine - 1.4 MB - (zip compression) only needed for those without Paradox for Windows v. 5.0 or greater

  • INSTALL.TXT: a detailed installation text file

• Addendum 12/12/2001: Updated instructions: An additional instruction document on PIM data collection and interpretation is also recommended: available as pim1instr.doc (Word; 44K), pim1instr.rtf (Rich Text Format;28K), or PIM1_instructions.pdf (Adobe pdf; 20K), from Frank Shann, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia

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Disclaimer: PedsCCM assumes no responsibility for the use of this software or the interpretation of its results.