International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock
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- New Phoenix sepsis score uses 4 domains: cardiovascular, respiratory, coagulation, and neurological function to define pediatric sepsis
- Pediatric sepsis now defined as suspected infection plus ≥2 points on Phoenix score; septic shock adds cardiovascular dysfunction (≥1 CV point)
- Mortality rates correlate with definitions: sepsis 7.1%, septic shock 10.8-33.5% depending on resource setting
- International Delphi consensus process updated sepsis definitions to better align clinical criteria with actual patient outcomes
- Phoenix scoring system provides standardized, evidence-based criteria for identifying sepsis across different healthcare settings globally
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Do you know that there's a new definition for sepsis and septic shock? Hi, I'm Cecily Genna from Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and I think this is an article that you should know about. This is a worldwide study with a Delphi consensus process that aimed to update the definitions of sepsis and septic shock. After multiple analysis, they came up with a Phoenix sepsis score that included variables in cardiovascular function, respiratory function, coagulation, and neurological function. This helped the author correlates the definition with the actual mortality rate. So for sepsis, the definition is suspected infection plus 2 points in the Phoenix sepsis score, and septic shock is sepsis plus cardiovascular dysfunction that is seen when we have 1 point in the cardiovascular variable of the Phoenix sepsis score. Sepsis, mental mortality of 7.1%, whereas septic shock imply 10.8 to 33.5% according to the resource settings. So go read this article to know the new definitions of sepsis and septic shock and stay tuned for more articles that you should know about.