COVID‐19 is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. COVID‐19 outbreak, which caused thousands of …

Skin rashes that appear during febrile illnesses are in fact caused by various infectious
diseases. Since infectious exanthematous diseases range from mild infections that …

BACKGROUND: Suboptimal care for children with septic shock includes delayed
recognition and inadequate fluid resuscitation. OBJECTIVE: To describe the implementation …

Importance Improving emergency care of pediatric sepsis is a public health priority, but
optimal early diagnostic approaches are unclear. Measurement of lactate levels is …

Objective To compare the predictive performance of 18 paediatric early warning systems
(PEWS) in predicting critical deterioration. Design Retrospective case-controlled study …

Introduction Identifying targets to improve parental practices for managing fever in children is
the first step to reducing the overloaded healthcare system related to this common symptom …

Objective: Early deaths in pediatric sepsis may limit the impact of therapies that can only be
provided on PICUs. By introducing selection and survivorship biases, these very early …

BACKGROUND: Improving the diagnosis of serious bacterial infections (SBIs) in the
children's emergency department is a clinical priority. Early recognition reduces morbidity …

Objectives The objective was to compare the effectiveness of physician judgment and an
electronic algorithmic alert to identify pediatric patients with severe sepsis/septic shock in a …

Objectives Septic shock is frequent in children and is associated with high mortality and
morbidity rates. Early recognition of severe sepsis improve outcome. Shock index (SI), ratio …