Mortality and morbidity in community-acquired sepsis in European pediatric intensive care units: a prospective cohort study from the European Childhood Life-threatening Infectious Disease Study (EUCLIDS)

Mortality and morbidity in community-acquired sepsis in European pediatric intensive care units: a prospective cohort study from the European Childhood Life-threatening Infectious Disease Study (EUCLIDS)

Abstract Background Sepsis is one of the main reasons for non-elective admission to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), but little is known about determinants influencing outcome. We characterized children admitted with community-acquired sepsis to European PICUs and studied risk factors for mor...

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Main Authors: Navin P. Boeddha, Luregn J. Schlapbach, Gertjan J. Driessen, Jethro A. Herberg, Irene Rivero-Calle, Miriam Cebey-López, Daniela S. Klobassa, Ria Philipsen, Ronald de Groot, David P. Inwald, Simon Nadel, Stéphane Paulus, Eleanor Pinnock, Fatou Secka, Suzanne T. Anderson, Rachel S. Agbeko, Christoph Berger, Colin G. Fink, Enitan D. Carrol, Werner Zenz, Michael Levin, Michiel van der Flier, Federico Martinón-Torres, Jan A. Hazelzet, Marieke Emonts, on behalf of the EUCLIDS consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Critical Care
Subjects:
Bacteremia
Meningococcal infections
Pneumococcal infections
Mortality
Morbidity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-018-2052-7

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