Objectives: To determine the current mortality rates for pediatric patients with septic shock and the frequency and outcome of associated multiple organ system failure. Design: Retrospective chart ...

A simple measure of an immune system protein within 24 hours of being admitted to the hospital for septic shock can predict survival in children, yielding a powerful tool for diagnostics and clinical ...

For nearly a decade, our research group has had the privilege of developing and mining a multicenter, microarray-based, genome-wide expression database of critically ill children (≤10 y of age) with ...

Scientists have discovered a gene expression pattern that could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of pediatric septic shock -- still a serious public health problem despite today's potent ...

About The Study: The Phoenix sepsis criteria for sepsis and septic shock in children were derived and validated by the international Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task ...

A new tool would allow children to be assessed quickly and accurately for their risk of death due to septic shock, according to a study published January 29 in PLOS ONE. This tool, known as PERSEVERE, ...

HealthDay News — Addition of previously unconsidered genes from the Pediatric Sepsis Biomarker Risk Model (PERSEVERE) can improve mortality risk stratification for children with septic shock, ...

A team of doctors at Michigan Medicine have successfully treated a child in severe septic shock and multiorgan failure with their newly created therapeutic tool called the selective cytopheretic ...

About The Study: In this international, multicenter, retrospective cohort study including more than 3.6 million pediatric encounters, a novel score, the Phoenix Sepsis Score, was derived and validated ...

In the period between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 1999, there were 2,346 admissions to the PICU. Of these, 147 (6.3%) were related to sepsis or septic shock. In 38 cases, the patients failed to ...