Post-transport TOPS score as a predictive marker of mortality among transported neonates and its comparative analysis with SNAP-II PE.

Aim: Multiple parameters are available to predict the outcome of critically sick neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Main aim of the study is to validate the role of TOPS, especially the post-transport TOPS score as a simplified assessment of neonatal acute physiology in predicting mortality among transported neonates admitted at level III NICU. Also, to compare the efficiency of post transport TOPS score with SNAP II PE in predicting mortality.