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This editorial discusses the measurement of hospital performance in pediatric sepsis, emphasizing the need for reliable risk adjustment.
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Mitochondrial profiles may help differentiate pediatric sepsis from febrile illness; leaves open therapeutic targeting.
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care;, Pediatric Sepsis Program; and Anesthesia and Critical Care Unit, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA *See also p. 390. Dr. Weiss’ institution received funding from National Institute of General Medical Sciences K23GM110496, and he received funding from Medscape via an unrestricted grant from Roche (for an invited speakers’ panel) and Thermo Fisher Scientific (honorarium for lecture). Dr. Watson has disclosed that he does not have any potential conflicts of interest.
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Weiss et al. (2018) conducted an editorial in Pediatric Sepsis. This editorial discusses the measurement of hospital performance in pediatric sepsis, emphasizing the need for reliable risk adjustment.
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