Talk given on 29 Sep 2015 at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine annual meeting.
Key areas:
What are the issues with sepsis in children?
How will it apply to the UK Sepsis CQUIN?
The Paediatric Sepsis 6 and screening for sepsis in children.
Additional notes following main talk.
10. The most significant recurrent
avoidable factor between cases
was a failure to recognise severe
illness in children. This most
often occurred at the point of
first contact between the sick
(and often febrile) child and
healthcare services…
32. Adherence to PALS Sepsis
Guidelines and Hospital Length
of Stay
Raina Paul, Mark I. Neuman, Michael C. Monuteaux and
Elliot Melendez
Pediatrics 2012;130;e273; originally published online 2012;
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0094.
40. Paediatric Sepsis 6
Recognition
Suspected or proven infection AND at least 2 of:
! Core temperature < 36°C or > 38.5°C
! Inappropriate tachycardia
! Altered mental state
! Reduced peripheral perfusion / prolonged CRT
41. Think: could this child have SEPSIS?
If in doubt, consult a senior clinician.
42. Think could this be sepsis?
Experienced Review
(History, assess, exam, ?gas)
This Identifies at risk group
This is “screening”
or “test” for sepsis
High certainty
of Sepsis
Treat
e.g. with
Paed Sepsis 6
Record
thinking
process
High certainty
NOT Sepsis
Unsure
Review again
e.g. in 1 hr
Suspect / proven infection
+ 2 criteria
43. Paediatric Sepsis 6
1. Give high flow oxygen
2. Obtain IV/ IO access & take blood tests
3. Give IV or IO antibiotics
4. Consider fluid resuscitation
5. Involve senior clinicians / specialists early
6. Consider inotropic support early
44. Paediatric Sepsis 6
1. Give high flow oxygen
2. Obtain IV/ IO access & take blood tests
3. Give IV or IO antibiotics
4. Consider fluid resuscitation
5. Involve senior clinicians / specialists early
6. Consider inotropic support early
52. Improving Adherence to PALS
Septic Shock Guidelines.
Paul R, Melendez E, Stack A, Capraro A, Monuteaux M,
Neuman MI. Pediatrics. 2014 May;133(5):e1358–66.
61. The UK Sepsis Trust
Paediatric Group Contributors
Adult & Paediatric Intensivists, Adult & Paediatric Emergency
phycisians, Adult & Paediatric Anaesthetists, Paediatricians,
Neonatologists, Quality Improvement Fellows (alphabetical)
Dr Jay Banerjee
Dr Linda Clerihew
Dr Joe Carcillo
Dr Ron Daniels
Ms Kirsteen Ellis
Dr Minesh Khashu
Dr Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon
Dr Hilary Klonin
Dr Simon Nadel
Dr Adrian Plunkett
Dr Damian Roland
Dr Ranjit Singh
Dr Neil Spenceley
Dr John Schulga
Dr Jeremy Tong
The UK Sepsis Trust Paediatric Group is hosted by The UK Sepsis
Trust (registered charity no. 1146234) and led by Dr Jeremy Tong
62.
63.
64. Delayed Antimicrobial Therapy Increases
Mortality and Organ Dysfunction
Duration in Pediatric Sepsis
Weiss SL, Fitzgerald JC, et al.
Crit Care Med. 2014 Nov;42(11):2409–17.
66. [Clinical research of timing of
application of antibiotics in septic
shock of pediatric patients]
Chinese Critical Care Medicine. 2013 Apr;25(4):207-10.
doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-4352.2013.04.007.
Chinese'Critical'Care'Medicine'
( )
67. Antibiotic timing in
pediatric septic shock
Antibiotics within 1 hour n = 40
Antibiotics 1 – 6 hours n = 40
Lactate lower 8.65 vs 11.75 mmol/L P <0.01
CRP lower 66.25 vs 91.77 mg/L P <0.01
PCT lower 0.67 vs 1.16 µg/L P <0.01
Time to shock reversal:
6.80 vs 12.80 hours P <0.05
68. Fluid Resuscitation of Hypovolemic
Shock: Acute Medicine's Great
Triumph for Children.
Carcillo, J. A. & Tasker, R. C.
Intensive Care Med 32, 958–961 (2006).
70. Early Reversal of Pediatric-Neonatal
Septic Shock by Community
Physicians Is Associated With
Improved Outcome
Yong Y. Han, Joseph A. Carcillo, Michelle A. Dragotta,
Debra M. Bills, R. Scott Watson, Mark E. Westerman and
Richard A. Orr. Pediatrics 2003;112;793
DOI:10.1542/peds.112.4.793.
71. Reversal of Shock before PICU:
Capillary refill < 2 secs with normal BP
74. Every additional hr of persistent
shock OR = 2.29
Every additional hr delay in
ACCM-PALS OR = 1.53
75. Implementation of Goal-
Directed Therapy for Children
With Suspected Sepsis in the
Emergency Department
Andrea T. Cruz, Andrew M. Perry, Eric A. Williams, Jeanine
M. Graf, Elizabeth R. Wuestner and Binita Patel
Pediatrics; originally published online February 21, 2011;
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2895.
77. Intubated in ED 3.2% vs 20%
Inotropes in ED 10.1% vs 16%
Death during admission 1.9% vs 4%
78. Emergency management of children
with severe sepsis in the United
Kingdom: the results of the Paediatric
Intensive Care Society sepsis audit.
Inwald, D. P., Tasker, R. C., Peters, M. J., Nadel, S. on
behalf of the Paediatric Intensive Care Society Study
Group (PICS-SG). Archives of Disease in Childhood 94,
348–353 (2009).
79. UK PICU Sepsis Audit
ACCM-PALS guideline
… was not followed in 62% of shocked children
OR for death
… if shock present at PICU admission = 3.8
(95% CI 1.4 to 10.2, p = 0.008)
101. Epidemiology of severe sepsis in the
United States: analysis of incidence,
outcome, and associated costs of
care.
Angus DC, Linde-Zwirble WT, Lidicker J, Clermont G,
Carcillo J, Pinsky MR.
Crit Care Med. 2001 Jul;29(7):1303–10.
102. National age-specific incidence and
mortality rates for all cases of severe
sepsis by gender, excluding those with
HIV disease.