Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in pediatric intensive care units

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organ dysfunction, sepsis, severe sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, septic shock, child.

Abstract

Introduction: Sepsis is a potentially lethal process characterized by an organ dysfunction motivated by the host's response to infection and leading to an immune, pro-inflammatory and immunosuppression imbalance.

Objective: To characterize systemic inflammatory response syndrome in pediatric intensive care units.

Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive research carried out at "Pepe Portilla" Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Pinar del Río during the period 2015-2018. The sample consisted of all patients admitted in the pediatric intensive care unit at the aforementioned hospital with a diagnosis of systemic inflammatory response syndrome of infectious or non-infectious cause. The medical records were reviewed and a data collection model was developed in correspondence with model 241-485-02 of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome information system.

Results: There was a predominance of the condition in patients aged between 1-4 years, 122 cases (44%). 169 (61%) patients were received in sepsis stage. The highest number of cases, 70.4% had out-of-hospital origin. Pneumonia was diagnosed as a cause in 52% of patients. In patients with advanced stages (17 cases (70.9%)), the number of deaths was higher.

Conclusions: Sepsis continues to be a major health problem. Early admission to pediatric intensive care units is necessary to achieve comprehensive care for these patients.

 

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2022-09-29

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garcia campaña dayvi, Bazabe Márquez MI, González Ungo EL, Guillén Cánovas AM. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in pediatric intensive care units. Rev Cubana Pediatría [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 29 [cited 2025 Jun. 13];94(4). Available from: https://revpediatria.sld.cu/index.php/ped/article/view/1811

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