December 2024. Volume 20. Number 4

The Phoenix score is the best current tool for diagnosing and prognosing sepsis and septic shock in pediatrics

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Sánchez Pinto LN, Bennett TD, DeWitt PE, Russell S, Rebull MN, Martín B, et al. Development and Validation of the Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock. JAMA. 2024;331:675-86.

Reviewers: Balado Insunza MN1, Flores Villar S2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro. Vigo. Pontevedra. España.
2Pediatra. Área de Hospitalización Pediátrica. Hospital Universitario MútuaTerrassa. Barcelona. España.
Correspondence: María de las Nieves Balado Insunza. Email: nbalins@gmail.com
Reception date: 02/09/2024
Acceptance date: 03/10/2024
Publication date: 16/10/2024

Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: the new Phoenix sepsis criteria, which were derived from validated data from higher- and lower-resource settings, show improved performance in diagnosing and prognosing sepsis and septic shock in pediatrics compared to those other criteria from the 2005 International Pediatric Sepsis Consensus Conference (IPSCC), existing to date.

Reviewers´ commentary: the IPSCC (International Pediatric Sepsis Consensus Conference) criteria, used since 2005, had shown low specificity and did not allow risk stratification. If they were applied in hospitals with different degrees of complexity, they could become discordant with the clinical diagnosis. With the new Phoenix criteria, it is possible to centralize all clinical data from any location with greater sensitivity and specificity, when diagnosing and predicting sepsis and septic shock in pediatrics.

How to cite this article

Balado Insunza N, Flores Villar S. La escala de Phoenix es la mejor herramienta actual para diagnosticar y pronosticar la sepsis y el shock séptico en Pediatría. Evid Pediatr. 2024;20:43.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Sánchez Pinto LN, Bennett TD, DeWitt PE, Russell S, Rebull MN, Martín B, et al. Development and Validation of the Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock. JAMA. 2024;331:675-86.

Reviewers: Balado Insunza MN1, Flores Villar S2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro. Vigo. Pontevedra. España.
2Pediatra. Área de Hospitalización Pediátrica. Hospital Universitario MútuaTerrassa. Barcelona. España.
Correspondence: María de las Nieves Balado Insunza. Email: nbalins@gmail.com
Reception date: 02/09/2024
Acceptance date: 03/10/2024
Publication date: 16/10/2024

How to cite this article

Balado Insunza N, Flores Villar S. La escala de Phoenix es la mejor herramienta actual para diagnosticar y pronosticar la sepsis y el shock séptico en Pediatría. Evid Pediatr. 2024;20:43.

16/10/2024

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