Interpretation of Blood Culture Results in Defining Sepsis in Term or Preterm Neonates (Type I and Type II Errors) 1 Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt ...

Sepsis is a life threatening illness that develops when an existing infection triggers an extreme immune system response in your body. When you experience an infection, your immune system releases ...

The definition excluded children because their bodies respond to sepsis differently than adults – including how their immune systems attempt to fight off the infection and the way their ...

Objective: To review the accuracy of the pediatric consensus definition of sepsis in term neonates and to determine the definition of neonatal sepsis used. Study Selection: The review focused ...