Impact of parental and healthcare professional concern on the diagnosis of pediatric sepsis: a diagnostic accuracy study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommends systematic screening for sepsis. Although many sepsis screening tools include parent or healthcare professional concern, there remains a lack of evidence to support this practice. We aimed to test the diagnostic accuracy of parent and healthcare professional concern in relation to illness severity, to diagnose sepsis in children.

Design

This prospective multicenter study measured the level of concern for illness severity as perceived by the parent, treating nurse and doctor using a cross-sectional survey. The primary outcome was sepsis, defined as a pSOFA score >0. The unadjusted area under receiver-operating characteristic curves (AUC) and adjusted Odds Ratios (aOR) were calculated.

Setting

Two specialised pediatric

SUBMITTER: Sever Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10149924 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature