Ep. 194: Reducing Risk and Improving Care for Pediatric Sepsis

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of sepsis on pediatric hospital deaths and the recent updates to clinical guidelines.

One in five pediatric hospital deaths is linked to sepsis — a statistic that has driven decades of research and is now reshaping clinical guidelines worldwide. With the 2026 enhanced guidelines just published, there's no better time to dig into what the science is telling us. We're joined by Scott L. Weiss, MD, MSCE, Division Chief of Critical Care Medicine and Vice-Chair for Research at Nemours Children's Health — and co-author of both the 2020 and 2026 guidelines — to walk us through the re...

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Guest: Scott L. Weiss, MD, MSCE

Topics covered

• pediatric sepsis
• clinical guidelines
• critical care
• hospital deaths
• medical research

Keywords

• pediatric sepsis
• hospital deaths
• clinical guidelines
• Scott L. Weiss
• Nemours Children's Health

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Organizations: Nemours Children's Health

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