Performance of prognostic markers in pediatric sepsis

• Main Authors: Cristian Tedesco Tonial (Author), Caroline Abud Drumond Costa (Author), Gabriela Rupp Hanzen Andrades (Author), Francielly Crestani (Author), Francisco Bruno (Author), Jefferson Pedro Piva (Author), Pedro Celiny Ramos Garcia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To evaluate the prognostic performance of the Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 (PIM2), ferritin, lactate, C-reactive protein (CRP), and leukocytes, alone and in combination, in pediatric patients with sepsis admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Methods: A retrospective stud...