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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2009; 04(02): 147-152
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2009-0156
Review Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Sepsis and septic shock study in pediatric critical care: An overview of recent Chinese literature

Bo Sun
a   Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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Feng Xu
b   Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China
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Wenliang Yu
c   Department of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care, Nanjing Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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30 October 2008

31 October 2008

Publication Date:
28 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Sepsis and septic shock is one of the major death causes in Chinese pediatric critical care. This review has brought to this issue with very recent advances in clinical investigation of this aspect published in Chinese literature. In this report, management of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock as well as other complications were carried out in both multicenter or single center studies, mostly according to international definitions and recommendations for sepsis and septic shock. The resources of these reports, though not complete, represent the different regions with leading pediatric critical care centers, well reflecting progression of pediatric critical care in both newly industrialized and emerging regions of China.

Keywords

Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome - pediatric intensive care unit - respiratory failure - sepsis - septic shock - systemic inflammatory response syndrome