Admission Lactate Shows the Highest Observed Discrimination for Early Septic Shock in Pediatric Sepsis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Context: Early discrimination of septic shock in children with sepsis remains challenging, and the comparative value of routinely available pretreatment biomarkers is uncertain. This study aimed to compare admission white blood cell count, C-reactive protein, procalcitonin (PCT, modeled as ln(PCT)), and lactate for ear...