June 2019. Volume 15. Number 2

Shock index: an easy mortality predictor for severe sepsis.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Gupta S, Alam A. Shock Index - a useful noninvasive marker associated with age-specific early mortality in children with severe sepsis and septic shock: age-specific shock index cut-offs. J Intensive Care Med. 2018:885066618802779.

Reviewers: de Lucas García N1, Rodríguez-Salinas Pérez E2.
1SAMUR. Protección Civil. Madrid. España.
2CS Colmenar Viejo Norte. Colmenar Viejo. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Nieves de Lucas García. Email: delucasn@gmail.com
Reception date: 16/05/2019
Acceptance date: 23/05/2019
Publication date: 29/05/2019

Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: age-specific shock index cut-off values may identify children at high risk of early mortality in severe sepsis/septic shock and allow for better targeted management.

Reviewers’ commentary: shock index should be monitored in children with severe sepsis or septic shock, although the prognostic value as a predictor of mortality at 48 hours in each age group, in settings different from the one in the study, should be considered with caution, pending external validations. It is a simple and inexpensive tool for guiding the aggressiveness of the treatment and the transfer to specialized centers, thus improving the prognosis.

How to cite this article

De Lucas N, Rodríguez-Salinas E. Índice de shock: sencillo predictor de mortalidad en sepsis grave. Evid Pediatr. 2019;15:21.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Gupta S, Alam A. Shock Index - a useful noninvasive marker associated with age-specific early mortality in children with severe sepsis and septic shock: age-specific shock index cut-offs. J Intensive Care Med. 2018:885066618802779.

Reviewers: de Lucas García N1, Rodríguez-Salinas Pérez E2.
1SAMUR. Protección Civil. Madrid. España.
2CS Colmenar Viejo Norte. Colmenar Viejo. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Nieves de Lucas García. Email: delucasn@gmail.com
Reception date: 16/05/2019
Acceptance date: 23/05/2019
Publication date: 29/05/2019

How to cite this article

De Lucas N, Rodríguez-Salinas E. Índice de shock: sencillo predictor de mortalidad en sepsis grave. Evid Pediatr. 2019;15:21.

29/05/2019

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