Comparison of Two Sepsis Recognition Methods in a Pediatric Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective was to compare the effectiveness of physician judgment and an electronic algorithmic alert to identify pediatric patients with severe sepsis/septic shock in a pediatric emergency department (ED).

Methods

This was an observational cohort study of patients older than 56 days with fever or hypothermia. All patients were evaluated for potential sepsis in real time by the ED clinical team. An electronic algorithmic alert was retrospectively applied to identify patients with potential sepsis independent of physician judgment. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients correctly identified with severe sepsis/septic shock defined by consensus criteria. Test characteristics were determined and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were compar

SUBMITTER: Balamuth F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4639443 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature