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View article: Delays to Antibiotics in the Emergency Department and Risk of Mortality in Children With Sepsis
Delays to Antibiotics in the Emergency Department and Risk of Mortality in Children With Sepsis Open
Importance Pediatric consensus guidelines recommend antibiotic administration within 1 hour for septic shock and within 3 hours for sepsis without shock. Limited studies exist identifying a specific time past which delays in antibiotic adm…
View article: Metric Development for the Multicenter Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) Collaborative
Metric Development for the Multicenter Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) Collaborative Open
BACKGROUND: A 56 US hospital collaborative, Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes, has developed variables, metrics and a data analysis plan to track quality improvement (QI)–based patient outcomes over time. Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outco…
View article: Development of a Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative to Improve Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes
Development of a Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative to Improve Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Open
Pediatric sepsis is a major public health problem. Published treatment guidelines and several initiatives have increased adherence with guideline recommendations and have improved patient outcomes, but the gains are modest, and persistent …
View article: Evaluating Pediatric Sepsis Definitions Designed for Electronic Health Record Extraction and Multicenter Quality Improvement*
Evaluating Pediatric Sepsis Definitions Designed for Electronic Health Record Extraction and Multicenter Quality Improvement* Open
Objectives: To describe the Children’s Hospital Association’s Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes sepsis definitions and the identified patients; evaluate the definition using a published framework for evaluating sepsis definitions. Design…