Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition
By Marie Rosenthal, MS
A diverse group of international experts released new criteria to improve the diagnosis of sepsis and septic shock among children from 12 months to 18 years of age, during the 2024 Critical Care Congress, in Phoenix (JAMA 2024 Jan 21. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0179).
The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) task force wanted not only to update the criteria but to establish parameters that