Developing Evidence-Based Pediatric Sepsis Criteria

In this World Shared Practice Forum Podcast, authors of the newly released publication, International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock, review their research and findings for treating and caring for children with sepsis and septic shock. They discuss how using the novel Phoenix Sepsis Score guided the development of this new globally applicable research model. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon listening to this presentation, learners will be able to: - Describe the goals and development of the new Phoenix Sepsis Score - Discuss how clinicians can apply the score in clinical practice and for research endeavors - Explain the challenges and limitations of using the Phoenix Sepsis score in lower-resource settings AUTHORS Luregn Schlapbach, MD, PhD, Prof, FCICM Head, Department of Intensive Care and Neonatology University Children’s Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland Scott Watson, MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics University of Washington School of Medicine Associate Division Chief Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Seattle Children’s Hospital Claudio Flauzino de Oliveira, MD, PhD Researcher Latin American Sepsis Institute Halden Scott, MD, MSCS Director of Research Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine Children’s Hospital Colorado Tellen Bennett, MD, MS Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatrics Vice Chair of Clinical Informatics Department of Biomedical Informatics University of Colorado School of Medicine Attending Physician Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Children’s Hospital Colorado Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine; Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Boston Children's Hospital Associate Professor of Anesthesia Harvard Medical School DATES Initial publication date: March 26, 2024. ARTICLES REFERENCED Development and Validation of the Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2814296 Global Study of Disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31954465/ Sepsis-3 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2492881 Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu CITATION Schlapbach LJ, Bennett TD, de Oliveira CF, Scott HF, Watson RS, O’Hara JE, Wolbrink TA. New Phoenix Pediatric Sepsis Criteria. 03/2024. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/new-phoenix-pediatric-sepsis-criteria.