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Drs. Frances Balamuth and Chanu Rhee discuss their study on national estimates of pediatric sepsis and the development of a Pediatric Sepsis Event definition.

In this World Shared Practice Forum Podcast, first authors Drs. Frances Balamuth and Chanu Rhee describe the objectives and methodology for their study “National Estimates of Pediatric Sepsis in US Hospitals Using Clinical Data” published in the March 2026 edition of JAMA. They discuss the process of modifying the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria to an electronic health record-based Pediatric Sepsis Event (PSE) definition and the methods for validating this definition. The authors share salient findings from their study, noting the limitations, and share their hopes for the future direction of sepsis surveillance research. LEARNING OBJECTIVES - Understand the derivation for the Pediatric Sepsis Event definition for electronic health record-based pediatric sepsis surveillance - Review the validation process for the Pediatric Sepsis Event definition - Compare the Pediatric Sepsis Event definition to the Phoenix Sepsis Criteria - Discuss the results and limitations of the electronic health record-based study design - Express the goals for the future direction of pediatric sepsis surveillance research AUTHORS Frances Balamuth, MD, PhD, MSCE Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric…

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Guests: Frances Balamuth, Chanu Rhee

Topics covered

• pediatric sepsis
• clinical data
• healthcare research
• electronic health records
• sepsis surveillance
• Phoenix Sepsis Criteria

Keywords

• pediatric sepsis
• sepsis event definition
• clinical study
• health records
• surveillance research
• Phoenix Sepsis Criteria

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Organizations: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, JAMA

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