This cohort study assesses US incidence, mortality, and trends of sepsis in nonneonatal children using a Pediatric Sepsis Event (PSE) definition adapted from the 2024 Phoenix criteria for scalable electronic health record (EHR)–based surveillance.
JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) published a clinical update in Research Highlights on 21 Apr 2026.
The item focuses on National Estimates of Pediatric Sepsis in US Hospitals Using Clinical Data.
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