Etiologies of septic shock in a pediatric emergency department population

Nakia N. Gaines; Binita Patel; Eric A. Williams; Andrea T. Cruz

doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3182678ca9

Etiologies of septic shock in a pediatric emergency department population

Nakia N. Gaines, Binita Patel, Eric A. Williams, Andrea T. Cruz

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Abstract

Knowledge of pediatric sepsis etiologies is needed to optimize empiric therapy. A retrospective cross-sectional review of 428 children with clinically diagnosed sepsis found that 13% had lobar pneumonia, 12% bacteremia and 10% viral infections. No etiologies were found in 76%. Empiric antibiotic coverage of vancomycin/piperacillin-tazobactam/gentamicin for immunocompromised children and vancomycin/nafcillin/cefotaxime for previously healthy children would have covered all bacteremic children.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1203-1205
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	31
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3182678ca9
State	Published - Nov 2012

Keywords

emergency department
etiologies
pediatric
septic shock

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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