Open AccessRisk of Mortality in Immunocompromised Children With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Author(s) -
Robert B. Lindell,
Akira Nishisaki,
Scott L. Weiss,
Danielle Traynor,
Julie C. Fitzgerald
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.002
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1530-0293
pISSN - 0090-3493
DOI - 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004329
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , septic shock , sepsis , retrospective cohort study , hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis , pediatrics , disease
To assess the prevalence of immunocompromised diagnoses among children with severe sepsis and septic shock, and to determine the association between immunocompromised diagnoses and clinical outcomes after adjustment for demographics and illness severity.