Pediatric clinical tools

Open-source pediatric and neonatal clinical tools with search, implementation status and references.

Browse pediatric and neonatal scores, calculators, decision rules, questionnaires and reference resources. Each page shows clinical context, implementation status and available sources.

• Apgar Score — Assesses early newborn transition through five observational domains.
• Silverman-Andersen Score — Scores neonatal respiratory distress using clinical signs.
• Wood-Downes-Ferres Score — Assesses severity of obstructive respiratory distress.
• Ballard / New Ballard — Estimates gestational age using physical and neuromuscular maturity.
• Dubowitz Score — Gestational age assessment based on neonatal maturity.
• Classic Sarnat Staging (1976) — Classic descriptive Stage I, II and III neonatal encephalopathy framework integrating clinical, autonomic and electroencephalographic findings.
• Modified Sarnat / NICHD — Six-category structured examination with 0-3 severity coding and a 0-18 Total Sarnat Score.
• Thompson HIE Score — Nine-domain longitudinal clinical score describing neonatal encephalopathy severity.
• Eat Sleep Console — Functional model for neonatal withdrawal assessment.
• Neonatal Infant Pain Scale — Observational neonatal pain scale.
• Premature Infant Pain Profile — Neonatal pain scale, especially for preterm infants.
• Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised — Revised version of PIPP.
• CRIES — Neonatal pain scale based on five domains.
• COMFORTneo — Multidimensional neonatal sedation and pain scale.
• Bhutani Nomogram — Risk nomogram for neonatal bilirubin.
• AAP 2022 Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia — Operational access to the 2022 AAP phototherapy and exchange-transfusion thresholds through PediTools.
• Fenton Neonatal Growth — Neonatal growth reference for preterm infants.
• Fenton 2025 Preterm Growth — Third-generation Fenton charts for weight, length, and head circumference with external access to percentiles and Z-scores.
• Brighton PEWS — PEWS variant identified for review.
• Bedside PEWS — Seven-item score to quantify severity and detect evolving clinical deterioration in hospitalized pediatric patients.
• Westley Croup Score — Assesses croup severity using clinical signs.
• Modified Tal Score — 0-12 clinical score based on age-adjusted respiratory rate, wheeze/crackles, retractions, and oxygen saturation.
• Taussig Croup Score — 0-15 clinical severity score using stridor, air entry, color, retractions, and consciousness.
• Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure — Descriptively measures acute asthma exacerbation severity and change across serial assessments.
• Respiratory Distress Assessment Instrument — RDAI 0-17 to quantify wheezing and retractions.
• BROSJOD — Bronchiolitis scale identified in recommendations.
• Pediatric Asthma Severity Score — Original Gorelick PASS: three clinical domains, total 0-6.
• RISC — Pneumonia severity score identified in recommendations.
• mRISC — Modified RISC variant for pneumonia.
• Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale — Pediatric adaptation of eye, verbal, and motor response.
• Clinical Dehydration Scale — Clinical score for dehydration severity.
• Pediatric Appendicitis Score — Educational pediatric appendicitis risk calculator based on eight clinical and laboratory items.
• Gorelick Dehydration Scale — Gorelick 10-sign dehydration scale, score 0-10.
• Pediatric Burn TBSA Estimate — Descriptive burned total body surface area estimate using pediatric age-adjusted regional percentages.
• PECARN TBI Under 2 Years — PECARN clinical rule for TBI risk stratification.
• PECARN TBI 2 Years or Older — PECARN clinical rule for TBI risk stratification.
• CATCH — TBI decision rule identified for review.
• CHALICE — TBI decision rule identified for review.
• Shock Index Pediatric Age-adjusted — Age-adjusted shock index for prognostic stratification in pediatric trauma.
• QTc Bazett — QT correction using Bazett formula.
• QTc Fridericia — QT correction using Fridericia formula.
• QTc Framingham — QT correction using Framingham formula.
• QTc Hodges — QT correction using Hodges formula.
• Bedside Schwartz — Pediatric estimated glomerular filtration rate.
• Revised Schwartz — 2009 multivariable CKiD equation for estimated pediatric eGFR.
• pRIFLE — pRIFLE classification by eCCl decline and urine output.
• Pediatric KDIGO — Pediatric application of KDIGO criteria for acute kidney injury.
• Pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment — Six-system pediatric score for organ dysfunction.
• PELOD — Pediatric organ dysfunction score.
• PELOD-2 — PELOD-2 version for multi-organ dysfunction.
• PRISM III — Pediatric ICU mortality risk score.
• PRISM IV — PRISM IV version identified for review.
• PIM2 — Pediatric Index of Mortality version 2.
• PIM3 — Pediatric Index of Mortality version 3.
• WHO Growth — Available unified module for applicable WHO indicators from one common anthropometric input.
• WHO Growth Percentiles — Entry point to the central WHO Growth module for available WHO indicators.
• CDC Growth Percentiles — CDC weight-for-age, stature-for-age, and BMI-for-age percentiles and z-scores, with CDC Extended BMI for high BMI.
• Orbegozo Growth Percentiles — Fundacion Orbegozo growth curves.
• BMI Percentile — WHO Growth preset for BMI-for-age with descriptive output.
• Head Circumference Percentile — WHO Growth preset for WHO 0-5 head circumference-for-age with descriptive output.