%0 Journal Article %T The Value of Serum Uric Acid as a Mortality Prediction in Critically Ill Children %A Nakysa Hooman %A Mitra Mehrazma %A Shahrbanoo Nakhaii %A Hasan Otukesh %J Iranian Journal of Pediatrics %D 2010 %I Tehran University of Medical Sciences %X Objective:The role of initial serum uric acid on admission in critically ill patients is controversial; we presumed that uric acid level can predict the mortality of the admitted patients to intensive care unit as a simple test. %K Uric Acid %K Mortality %K Intensive Care %K Pediatrics %K Sepsis %K Hyperuricemia %U http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/16377.pdf&manuscript_id=16377