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OBJECTIVE To delineate the clinical profile, complications, intensive care needs, and predictors of mortality in children with critical pertussis. METHODS Retrospective analysis of case records of children in the pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary-care hospital, with a diagnosis of critical pertussis over 3 years. Diagnostic criteria included CDC case definition and confirmation by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), when available. Survivors and non-survivors were compared to identify predictors