SGEM Xtra: Say What You Need to Say…but Don’t Say “Sepsis Screening”

Ensayos extraídos del pódcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2023Time for paediatrics to screen out sepsis "screening"Emergency & ResuscitationInfebrile children assessed for possible sepsis,risk-based targeted testingis argued to be more valid thanroutine sepsis screeningforcorrect identification of sepsis without iatrogenic harm
• 2020Management of Children With Fever at Risk for Pediatric SepsisEmergency & ResuscitationIn1,628 emergency visits by febrile children with sepsis warning signs, NICE vital-sign thresholds flagged more tachycardia thanAPLS thresholds, while only0.4% had invasive bacterial infection
• 2021Electronic screening algorithm with clinician assessment for paediatric sepsis at ED triageEmergency & ResuscitationIn 19 912 children triaged in two UK paediatric EDs, an electronic sepsis screening tool plus clinician assessment identified sepsis more precisely than the tool alone.
• 2011FEASTEmergency & ResuscitationIn 3170 African children with severe febrile illness and impaired perfusion, fluid boluses increased 48-hour mortality compared with no bolus.