Sepsis was present in 17.8% of nearly 4 million pediatric hospital deaths between 2016 and 2023, according to a study published March 22 in JAMA.
Researchers from academic institutions across the U.S. analyzed data from 3,925,809 pediatric hospitalizations across 245 health care systems between 2016 and 2023 in the Epic Cosmos database as well as 146 hospitals between 2018 and 2023 from Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.
Here are five things to know from the study:
- Among the 3,925,809 pediatric hospitalizations, there was a 1.3% incidence of sepsis.
- Of those cases, 72.6% were community-onset and 61.6% resulted in septic shock.
- In-hospital mortality due to sepsis was 10.1%.
- Sepsis was present in 17.8% of pediatric hospital deaths.
- There was no significant change in sepsis incidence or mortality between 2016 and 2022.
Read the full study here.
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