Predictive and Prognostic Performance of the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria and Phoenix Sepsis Score in PICU Patients With Suspected Infection: A Multicenter Prospective Study
PSC and PSS performed superior to IPSCC criteria in diagnosing and prognosticating pediatric sepsis, with improved performance at day 2 of PICU admission. This study first validated PSC and PSS in a European cohort.
Authors
- Davide Padrin
- Luca Marchetto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5678-3006)
- Enzo Picconi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1808-0665)
- Giulia Bordin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-3224)
- Immacolata Rulli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7552-3932)
- Serena Scaravetti
- M. Daverio
- Gloria Brigiari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7274-4373)
- Dario Gregori
- Kusum Menon
- Francesco Sacco
- Maria Cristina Mondardini
- Angela Amigoni
- Rosanna Comoretto
- Luregn J. Schlapbach
- for the Italian Network of PICU Study Group (TIPNet)
- Pasquale Vitale
Institutions
- Apple (Israel) (IL)
- University of Padua (IT)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA)
- Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona (IT)
- Azienda USL di Bologna (IT)
- University Children's Hospital Zurich (CH)
- Ospedale Regina Margherita (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "G. Martino" (IT)
- Ospedale dei Bambini Vittore Buzzi (IT)
- Ospedale San Bortolo (IT)
- The Stables (GB)
- University of Turin (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000007034
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 83.69