Table 2. Patient Characteristics.
| Septic | Febrile | Healthy | P value | |
| n = 29 | n = 27 | n = 26 | ||
| Age (years) | 7.4 (2.3–15.4) | 10.4 (2.6–16.1) | 10.0 (4.3–15.1) | 0.83 |
| Sex, % male | 48 | 33 | 69 | 0.03 |
| Race/Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 9 (31) | 7 (26) | 17 (65) | 0.08 |
| White, Hispanic | 13 (45) | 13 (48) | 5 (19) | |
| Black | 6 (21) | 6 (22) | 2 (8) | |
| Other | 1 (3) | 1 (4) | 2 (8) | |
| PIM-2 | 6.6 (1.5–9.8) | 1.0 (0.8–1.2) | 0.8 (0.8–0.9) | <0.001 |
| PELOD | 20 (11–21) | 0 (0-0) | 0 (0-0) | <0.001 |
| Hospital LOS (days) | 11 (7–17) | 2 (1–4) | 1 (1-1) | <0.001 |
| Source of Infection, n (%) | 0.007 | |||
| Bacteremia | 12 (42)a | 0 | N/A | |
| Pneumonia | 7 (24) | 1 (4) | ||
| Viral syndrome | 3 (10) | 6 (22) | ||
| Meningitis | 0 | 1 (4) | ||
| Urinary tract infection | 0 | 1 (4) | ||
| No identified source | 7 (24) | 18 (66) | ||
| Type of Shock, n (%) | ||||
| Vasodilated (“warm”) | 18 (62) | |||
| Vasoconstricted (“cold”) | 9 (31) | |||
| No shock | 2 (7) |
N/A = not applicable.
a
Gram-positive organism = 4, gram-negative organism = 7, mixed gram-positive and gram-negative organisms = 1.