Testing the prognostic accuracy of the updated pediatric sepsis biomarker risk model.

We previously derived and validated a risk model to estimate mortality probability in children with septic shock (PERSEVERE; PEdiatRic SEpsis biomarkEr Risk modEl). PERSEVERE uses five biomarkers and age to estimate mortality probability. After the initial derivation and validation of PERSEVERE, we...

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Main Authors: Hector R Wong, Scott L Weiss, John S Giuliano, Mark S Wainwright, Natalie Z Cvijanovich, Neal J Thomas, Geoffrey L Allen, Nick Anas, Michael T Bigham, Mark Hall, Robert J Freishtat, Anita Sen, Keith Meyer, Paul A Checchia, Thomas P Shanley, Jeffrey Nowak, Michael Quasney, Arun Chopra, Julie C Fitzgerald, Rainer Gedeit, Sharon Banschbach, Eileen Beckman, Patrick Lahni, Kimberly Hart, Christopher J Lindsell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3906040?pdf=render