Sepsis in Critically Ill Children in Bolivia: Multicenter Retrospective Evaluation of the Phoenix Criteria for Sepsis in a 2023 Cohort
In this 2023, retrospective cohort of PICU patients with sepsis in Bolivia, we have found that the majority met the 2024 Phoenix sepsis criteria, but less than two-thirds met the SIRS-based criteria for diagnosis. However, the respiratory score in the Phoenix criteria overestimated the severity of respiratory dysfunction in more than half of the cohort, likely because the score does not take account of the Andean adaptation to high altitude, with higher oxygen carrying capacity.
Authors
- L. Nelson Sanchez‐Pinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7434-6747)
- Raúl Copana-Olmos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3084-7611)
- B Wara Ledezma-Hurtado
- Mariel Andrea Forest-Yepez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9000-3990)
- Jhovana E. Paco-Barral
- Nils Casson-Rodriguez
- Ibeth Rivera-Murguia
- Claudia Castro-Auza
- Milenka Gamboa-Lanza
- Gustavo Choque-Osco
- Betzhi Vera-Dorado
- Magbely Cuellar-Gutierrez
- Alan J. Sarmiento-Zurita
- Michelle G. Carrillo-Vargas
- Willmer Diaz-Villalobos
- Victor Urquieta-Clavel
- Mary Tejerina-Ortiz
- Carol Mendoza-Montoya
- Maricruz Fernández-Vidal
- Danny Blanco-Espejo
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Tomás Frías Autonomous University (BO)
- Universidad Mayor de San Simón (BO)
- Hospital Madre Teresa (BR)
- Hospital Quirónsalud Sagrado Corazón (ES)
- Instituto Boliviano de Ciencia y Tecnología Nuclear (BO)
- Fundación PROINPA (BO)
- Hospital San Juan de Dios (CL)
- Ministerio de Salud (BO)
- Hospital Materno-Infantil (ES)
- Hospital del Niño (PA)
- Universidad Nacional del Oriente (BO)
- Universidad Pública de El Alto (BO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000003714
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.83