Table 1 Demographics, epidemiological, and clinical features of patients with sepsis, evaluated for possible diagnosis of sepsis-associated encephalopathy.
Characteristic | Total, no. (%) |
|---|---|
Total | 33 (100) |
Age, years, median (IQR) | 1 (1–2) |
Infants (< 12 m) | 8 (24.2) |
Toddler (≥ 12 m, < 3 years) | 20 (60.6) |
Preschool (≥ 3 y, < 5 years) | 1 (3.0) |
Grade-schooler (≥ 5 years, < 12 years) | 3 (9.1) |
Teen (≥ 12 years, < 18 years) | 1 (3.0) |
Sex, n (%) | |
Male | 12 (36.4) |
Female | 21 (63.6) |
Race, n (%) | |
White | 17 (51.5) |
Black | 16 (48.5) |
Bodyweight, kg, median (IQR) | 11 (9–13.5) |
Type of admission | |
Clinical | 31 (100) |
Surgical | – |
Source of infection, n (%) | |
Respiratory (pneumonia) | 26 (78.8) |
Dermatology (cellulitis) | 3 (9.1) |
Gastrointestinal (gastroenteritis) | 2 (6.1) |
Urinary | 2 (6.1) |
Comorbidities, n (%) | 7 (21.2) |
Asthma | 5 (15.2) |
Congenital heart defect | 1 (3.0) |
Mucocutaneous disease | 1 (3.0) |
Sepsis diagnosis criteriaa n (%) | |
Heart rate (tachycardia) | 33 (100) |
Respiratory rate (tachypnea) | 33 (100) |
Temperature (fever) | 25 (75.8) |
Increased leucocyte number | 27 (81.8) |
Organ dysfunction at diagnosisa n (%) | 33 (100) |
Cardiovascular | 33 (100) |
Respiratory | 25 (75.8) |
Neurologicalb | 4 (12.1) |
PELOD 2 (organ dysfunction) | |
Admission score, median (IQR) | 3 (2–5) |
No. of organ dysfunctions, median (IQR) | 1 (1–2) |
PIM3, median (IQR), % death probability | 4.6 (1.5–6.0) |
Length of stay in PICU, median (IQR) | 16 (11–23) |
Outcome | |
Discharge | 32 (97) |
Death | 1 (3) |
