The Association of Nutrition Status Expressed as Body Mass Index z Score With Outcomes in Children With Severe Sepsis: A Secondary Analysis From the Sepsis Prevalence, Outcomes, and Therapies (SPROUT) Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The impact of nutrition status on outcomes in pediatric severe sepsis is unclear. We studied the association of nutrition status (expressed as body mass index z score) with outcomes in pediatric severe sepsis.

Design

Secondary analysis of the Sepsis Prevalence, Outcomes, and Therapies study. Patient characteristics, ICU interventions, and outcomes were compared across nutrition status categories (expressed as age- and sex-adjusted body mass index z scores using World Health Organization standards). Multivariable regression models were developed to determine adjusted differences in all-cause ICU mortality and ICU length of stay by nutrition status.

Setting

One-hundred twenty-eight PICUs across 26 countries.

Patients

Children less than 18 years with se

SUBMITTER: Irving SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6185775 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature