Secondary analysis of the 2021–2023 Sepsis Epidemiology in Australian and New Zealand Children Observational Dataset: Association Between Presenting Venous Lactate Concentration and 72-Hour Outcomes
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Authors
- Elliot Long (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0225-7953)
- Arjun Rao
- Tom Rozen
- Emma Whyte
- Amit Kochar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0406-4493)
- Sainath Raman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0152-9980)
- Shane George
- Jarrod Cross
- Ben Gelbart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6833-0776)
- Sarah McNab
- Franz E. Babl
- Marino Festa
- Simon Craig
- Stuart R. Dalziel
- Amanda Williams
- Anna Lithgow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1375-7287)
- Stephen Hearps
- Warwick Butt
- Natalie Phillips
- Meredith L. Borland
- Subodh Ganu
- James Williams
- Eunicia Tan
- Shefali Jani
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Gold Coast Hospital (AU)
- Middlemore Hospital (NZ)
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (AU)
- Townsville Hospital (AU)
- Women's and Children's Hospital (AU)
- Monash Medical Centre (AU)
- Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Auckland District Health Board (NZ)
- Sydney Children's Hospital (AU)
- Royal Darwin Hospital (AU)
- Starship Children's Health (NZ)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
- Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- James Cook University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2026-09-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000004055
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00