The authors reply

Luregn J Schlapbach^{1

2}, Halden F Scott³, Nelson Sanchez-Pinto^{4

5}, Tellen Bennett^{6

7}, R Scott Watson^{8

9}; Pediatric Sepsis Definition Taskforce

Collaborators, Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care and Neonatology, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado-Denver and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO.
⁴ Division of Critical Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics (Critical Care) and Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
⁶ Departments of Biomedical Informatics, Bioengineering, Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
⁷ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
⁹ Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development and Pediatric Critical Care, Seattle Children's, Seattle, WA.

Luregn J Schlapbach et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 1;26(8):e1082-e1083.

doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003786. Epub 2025 Jul 8.

Luregn J Schlapbach^{1

2}, Halden F Scott³, Nelson Sanchez-Pinto^{4

5}, Tellen Bennett^{6

7}, R Scott Watson^{8

9}; Pediatric Sepsis Definition Taskforce

¹ Department of Intensive Care and Neonatology, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado-Denver and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO.
⁴ Division of Critical Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics (Critical Care) and Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
⁶ Departments of Biomedical Informatics, Bioengineering, Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
⁷ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
⁹ Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development and Pediatric Critical Care, Seattle Children's, Seattle, WA.

No abstract available

Comment on

The Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis.
Horvat CM, Rosen JR, Carcillo J. Horvat CM, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Aug 1;26(8):e1080-e1081. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003762. Epub 2025 May 16. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025. PMID: 40377384 No abstract available.
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