Li Wu, Ming Jin, Ruiqing Wang, Lihua Yang, Xiaorong Lai, Lihua Yu, Danna Lin, Lulu Huang, Yajie Zhang, Jingxin Zhang, Xu Liao, Juan Zi, Yuting Yuan, Yinghua Zeng, Ming Cheng, Shaohua Tao
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prognostic factors of sepsis in children with acute leukemia admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and to compare the efficacy of different scoring systems for predicting the outcome of children. METHODS: Patients with an acute leukemia diagnosis admitted to a tertiary care university hospital PICU due to sepsis during chemotherapy between May 2015 and August 2022 were retrospectively analyzed through an electronic medical record system...
June 7, 2023: Pediatric Blood & Cancer