L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD, is a Pediatric intensivist at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, where he is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Sanchez-Pinto co-led an international group of researchers in the Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force for the Development and Validation of the new Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock that was featured at the 2024 SCCM co...
L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD, is a Pediatric intensivist at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, where he is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Dr. Sanchez-Pinto co-led an international group of researchers in the Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force for the Development and Validation of the new Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock that was featured at the 2024 SCCM conference.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to discuss:
- The limitations of prior definitions of pediatric sepsis and the rationale for creating the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria.
- The methods and key outcomes used for deriving the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria.
- How to diagnose sepsis using the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria.
- General limitations of the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria.
- Next steps in implementing the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria and the direction it provides for future research.
References:
Sanchez-Pinto LN, Bennett TD, DeWitt PE, et al. Development and Validation of the Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock. JAMA. Published online January 21, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0196
Schlapbach LJ, Watson RS, Sorce LR, Argent AC, Menon K, Hall MW, Akech S, Albers DJ, Alpern ER, Balamuth F, Bembea M, Biban P, Carrol ED, Chiotos K, Chisti MJ, DeWitt PE, Evans I, Flauzino de Oliveira C, Horvat CM, Inwald D, Ishimine P, Jaramillo-Bustamante JC, Levin M, Lodha R, Martin B, Nadel S, Nakagawa S, Peters MJ, Randolph AG, Ranjit S, Rebull MN, Russell S, Scott HF, de Souza DC, Tissieres P, Weiss SL, Wiens MO, Wynn JL, Kissoon N, Zimmerman JJ, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Bennett TD; Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force. International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock. JAMA. 2024 Jan 21. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0179. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38245889.
Richesson RL, Smerek MM, Blake Cameron C. A Framework to Support the Sharing and Reuse of Computable Phenotype Definitions Across Health Care Delivery and Clinical Research Applications. EGEMS (Wash DC). 2016 Jul 5;4(3):1232. doi: 10.13063/2327-9214.1232. PMID: 27563686; PMCID: PMC4975566.
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