. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Oct;35(10):661–665. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001021

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 74 patients with a lactate drawn within 3 hours of meeting severe sepsis or septic shock criteria

Characteristic	n = 74
Age, median (IQR), year	6.1 (1.7–3.9)
Male gender, n (%)	35 (47%)
Prior Comorbidity, n (%)	36 (49%)
Oncologic/Immunocompromised, n (%)	11 (14.9%)
Initial lactate, median (IQR), mmol/L	2.5 (1.5–4.4)
PRISM-III ^a, median (IQR)	9 (3–14)
Day 1 PELOD ^a, median (IQR)	11 (10–20)
Vasoactive use, n (%)	38 (51%)
Mechanical ventilation, n (%)	36 (49%)
Shock, n (%)	3 (4%)
Mortality, n (%)	12 (16%)
PICU LOS ^a, median (IQR), days	4 (2–12)
Hospital LOS ^a, median (IQR), days	10 (5–22)

Abbreviations: PRISM-III = pediatric risk of mortality score; PELOD = pediatric logistic organ dysfunction score; LOS = length of stay