New and Progressive Medical Conditions After Pediatric Sepsis Hospitalization Requiring Critical Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Children commonly experience physical, cognitive, or emotional sequelae after sepsis. However, little is known about the development or progression of medical conditions after pediatric sepsis.

Objective

To quantify the development and progression of 4 common conditions in the 6 months after sepsis and to assess whether they differed after hospitalization for sepsis vs nonsepsis among critically ill children.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study of 101 511 children (<19 years) with sepsis or nonsepsis hospitalization used a national administrative claims database (January 1, 2010, to June 30, 2018). Data management and analysis were conducted from April 1, 2020, to July 7, 2022.

Exposures

Intensive care unit hospitalization for sepsis

SUBMITTER: Carlton EF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9552050 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature