This Clinical Practice Guideline for Pediatric Sepsis was authorized by Dr. Lennox Huang as the PCCN Clinical Practice Guideline for Septic Shock. A high suspicion for sepsis in children with abnormal vital signs is key to early recognition and treatment.
Accordingly, the key principles of this guideline are Assess and manage ABCs according to PALS /ACCM guidelines, Early rapid fluid resuscitation, Inotropic therapy should be reserved for shock, Activated protein C is not recommended for pediatric use, improvement in vital signs, peripheral and end-organ perfusion (Clinical endpoints), and Biochemical endpoints (serum lactate, metabolic acid/base balance, central venous O2 saturation).
Find the completed Pediatric Septic Shock Clinical Practice Guideline in this Algorithm Diagram of pdf filetype (source: criticall.org).
