PSI/TISS Ratio | Medicalalgorithms.com

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The Physiologic Stability Index (PSI) measures severity of illness, while the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) measures quantity of care. The ratio of the two relates the level of physiologic instability to amount of therapy required. Analysis of the ratio over time can show differences not apparent by analysis of the PSI or TISS alone. The ratio can be used to evaluate pediatric intensive care units.

The patients studied were classified by the Clinical Classification System:

(1) Class III (physiologically stable, requires intensive nursing and monitoring)

(2) Class IV (physiologically unstable, requires intensive nursing and physician care, with frequent patient assessment and therapy adjustment)

Admission service:

(1) medicine

(2) cardiovascular surgery

(3) non-cardiovascular surgery

PSI/TISS ratio =

= (PSI) / (TISS)

Interpretation:

• Survivors tend to have lower ratios than nonsurvivors.

• Patients on the different services differ in the ratios seen, with highest ratios seen on medical services and lowest on the cardiovascular surgery service

PSI/TISS ratio at admission	Survivors	Nonsurvivors
medicine	0.40 +/- 0.03	0.57 +/- 0.05
cardiovascular surgery	0.18 +/- 0.01	0.33 +/- 0.05
other surgery	0.33 +/- 0.04	0.52 +/- 0.10

When the ratio is plotted over time, the slope of the line correlates with survival or nonsurvival.

Trend analysis over time	Survivor	Nonsurvivor
PSI	negative slope	zero or positive slope (except cardiovascular surgery)
TISS	negative slope	zero or positive slope
PSI/TISS, medicine	zero slope	zero slope
PSI/TISS, cardiovascular surgery	positive slope	negative slope
PSI/TISS, non-cardiovascular surgery	negative slope	positive slope

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ICD-10