Abstract
Introduction: Consensus criteria for pediatric severe sepsis have standardized enrollment for research studies. However, the extent to which critically ill children identified by consensus criteria reflect physician diagnosis of severe sepsis, which underlies external validity for pediatric sepsis research, is not known. We sought to determine the agreement between physician diagnosis and consensus criteria to identify pediatric patients with severe sepsis across a network of international pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). Methods: We conducted a point prevalence study involving 128 PICUs in 26 countries across 6 continents. Over the course of 5 study days, 6925 PICU patients
Original language | English |
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Article number | 325 |
Journal | Critical Care |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sep 16 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine