Clinical Focus ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (7): 616-622.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2022.07.006

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Effect of pSOFA score combined with C-reactive protein and procalcitonin in prognosis assessment of sepsis children

Zhou Bin1, Zeng Cizheng2(), Huang Yuge2, Zhong Mianling2, Wu Jiayuan2   

  1. 1. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit,Xiamen Children's Hospital (Xiamen Hospital of Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University),Xiamen 361006,China
    2. Children's Medical Center,Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University,Zhanjiang 524001,China
  • Received:2022-06-11 Online:2022-07-20 Published:2022-08-30
  • Contact: Zeng Cizheng E-mail:zengcizheng2010@163.com

Abstract:

Objective To evaluat pediatric sequential organ failureassessment (pSOFA) score combined with C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), and other infection-related biomarkers of the prognostic assessment in sepsis children. Methods A retrospective observational study was applied to collect the clinical data of 289 sepsis children (2018.8-2019.8) admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of the Hospital. The children were divided into the survival group and death group according to 28-day survival outcomes. The differences in intergroup physiological and laboratory data in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) within 24 hours of admission were compared, binary logistic regression was applied to analyze high-risk factors impacting the prognosis of sepsis children, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and the area under ROC curve (AUC) were drawn to assess the effects of the pSOFA scores combined with CRP and PCT in the early diagnosis and prognosis of children with sepsis. Results A total of 289 children including 254 (87.9%) in the survival group and 35 (12.1%) in the death group were included in the study. The comparative differences of children in terms of availability of constantly pumped vasoactive drugs, duration of mechanical ventilation, Glasgow coma scores, gastrointestinal functions, and serum PCT concentration were statistically significant (all P<0.05). Binary logistic regression showed that pSOFA scores and availability of continuously pumped vasoactive drugs were high-risk factors for poor prognosis in children with sepsis (P<0.05); AUCs for CRP and PCT to predict death in children with sepsis was 0.547(95%CI: 0.488-0.606) and 0.667(95%CI: 0.609-0.721), respectively. The AUC of pSOFA+CRP, pSOFA+PCT and pSOFA scores for predicting death of children with sepsis was 0.947 without exception (95%CI: 0.914-0.970), and the differences weren't statistically significant (P>0.05). Conclusion pSOFA scores deliver important value for prognostic evaluation of sepsis children, while pSOFA score combined with CRP and PCT fail to improve the prognostic evaluation of children with sepsis.

Key words: sepsis, pediatrics, pSOFA score, C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, prognosis

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