Abstract:Introduction In 2002, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign defi ned a strategy that aimed to reduce the high mortality due to sepsis. One point of this strategy was a recommendation to recognize that sepsis is a frequent cause of death and high economic costs in the pediatric intensive care unit. Knowledge of the disease is the fi rst step to impact it. There are few studies on pediatric sepsis epidemiology in the world and none in Colombia. Hypothesis The epidemiological features of Colombian children are diff erent… Show more
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