The Pediatric Sepsis Program is led by a multidisciplinary team of leaders in early recognition, treatment and follow-up care for children with sepsis. Our team partners with specialists across CHOP to support children during treatment.
May 17, 2024
In a new retrospective cohort study, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) discuss disparities in race and ethnicity when enrolling families to participate in research conducted in its Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
Jun 18, 2020
The case study involving six patients reveals key symptoms of this syndrome include fever, diarrhea, and shock.
May 15, 2020
Latest news including a new peanut allergy treatment, risk factors linked to poor sleep, updated sepsis guidelines and more.
Feb 25, 2020
The new guidelines address how to treat children with complex medical condition.
Apr 30, 2019
Efforts across CHOP search for faster, more accurate ways to diagnose deadly infection.
Oct 16, 2018
Scientific American highlights CHOP research as an example of how modern medicine combined with the human touch can help detect disease.
Sep 25, 2018
Mary Kat Abbadessa, a clinical nurse specialist fellow, helped create a two-tiered system that alerts nurses to rapid heart rate, low blood pressure.
Jun 26, 2018
CHOP’s multidisciplinary early alert system for sepsis is designed to flag at-risk children within minutes of arrival in the emergency room.