Objective: Pediatric patients with sepsis are identified using related but distinct criteria for
clinical, research, and administrative purposes. The overlap between these criteria will affect …

Objective: To determine the associations of demographic, clinical, laboratory, organ
dysfunction, and illness severity variable values with: 1) sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Definitions for pediatric sepsis were established in 2005
without data-driven criteria. It is unknown whether the more recent adult Sepsis-3 definitions …

Objectives: Sepsis is responsible for a substantial proportion of global childhood morbidity
and mortality. However, evidence demonstrates major inaccuracies in the use of the term …

Objectives: To compare the prevalence, resource utilization, and mortality for pediatric
severe sepsis identified using two established identification strategies. Design …

Importance Sepsis is a leading cause of death among children worldwide. Current pediatric-
specific criteria for sepsis were published in 2005 based on expert opinion. In 2016, the …

Objectives: To evaluate the proportion of children fulfilling “Sepsis-3” definition and
International Pediatric Sepsis Consensus Conference definition among children diagnosed …

Sepsis is a leading cause of global mortality in children, yet definitions for pediatric sepsis
are outdated and lack global applicability and validity. In adults, the Sepsis-3 Definition …

Objective: Although general definitions of the sepsis continuum have been published for
adults, no such work has been done for the pediatric population. Physiologic and laboratory …

The resolution on sepsis by the United Nations World Health Assembly in May 2017
recognizes sepsis as a globalthreatinadultsandchildrenandapriority… Health Organization …