Pediatric Septic Shock: Recognition and Management in the Emergency Department

Points & Pearls Excerpt

• Consider sepsis in a patient with persistent, unexplained tachycardia.
• Pediatric septic shock physiology can occur without hypotension.
• Perform frequent reassessments, and if there is fluid overload, stop bolus fluid administration and initiate vasoactive medications.¹¹
• Recognition tools have been shown to improve outcomes by facilitating earlier adherence to evidence-based treatment regimens.^19-24,44