Exploration of the Phoenix sepsis criteria focusing on pulmonary criteria and concerns about practice variations. Discussing Menotario pressures and lactate levels in cardiovascular dysfunction assessment. Highlighting the need for standardized sepsis criteria for localized screening based on risk factors. Implementing Phoenix criteria for sepsis screening tools and real-time surveillance of sepsis using data-driven decisions.

Dr. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, an expert in pediatric sepsis criteria and diagnosis, discusses the limitations of prior pediatric sepsis definitions and the rationale for creating the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria. The podcast explores the methodology of deriving the criteria, analyzing diverse patient outcomes, developing a composite model for mortality risk estimation in infected patients, and introducing the Phoenix eight organ system score for research and management purposes.