Understanding the New Pediatric Sepsis Guidelines
Recorded On: 04/14/2020
Description:
Sepsis impacts over 25 million children globally each year. In the U.S., sepsis takes more lives than pediatric cancers, and affects more than 75,000 children annually. In February 2020, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign released the first evidence-based guidelines for managing pediatric sepsis and septic shock.
This presentation will give an overview of how sepsis presents in children and how it differs from the adult population, as well as the methods used to derive the new pediatric guidelines. This recorded webinar will also feature the story of a pediatric sepsis survivor and their family. The consensus best practice recommendations from the new guidelines will be reviewed, including a fluid resuscitation algorithm and implementation of the guidelines in low resource areas. In addition, Dr. Kissoon will review the epidemiology of COVID-19 and children.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the activity, the learner should be able to:
- Describe how the presentation of pediatric sepsis and septic shock differ from the presentation in adults;
- Summarize the methodology used to develop graded recommendations for the pediatric sepsis guidelines system;
- Restate the two-phase process for evaluating children with suspected sepsis;
- Identify key recommendations from the new pediatric sepsis guidelines;
- Give an overview of recommendations on fluid resuscitation as described by the resuscitation algorithm;
- Contextualize the new pediatric sepsis guidelines in the identification and treatment of patients with COVID-19;
- Restate the impact of pediatric sepsis from a parent perspective.
Target Audience:
Nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, emergency responders, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, infection prevention specialists, data/quality specialists, and more.
Webinar Supporter:
Sepsis Alliance gratefully acknowledges the supported provided for this webinar by bioMérieux.
Niranjan "Tex" Kissoon, MD, FRCP(C), FAAP, MCCM, FACPE
UBC and BCCH Professor in Acute and Critical Care - Global Child Health Investigator, BCCH Research Institute | President, Global Sepsis Alliance
Institute for Global Health | BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre
Professor Niranjan “Tex” Kissoon, MBBS, FRCP(C), MCCM, FACPE, is the University of British Columbia BC Children’s Hospital (UBC BCCH) Endowed Chair in Acute and Critical Care Global Health. He is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics (Pediatrics and Surgery, Emergency Medicine) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. Prof. Kissoon is the Past President of the World Federation of Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Societies (www.wfpiccs.org) and currently serves as President of the Global Sepsis Alliance (global-sepsis-alliance.org). He is Co-Chair of the Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign and Vice- President of the Canadian Sepsis Foundation. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of Sepsis Alliance and the African Sepsis Alliance, chairs World Sepsis Day and the International Pediatric Sepsis Initiative, and is a founding member of the Caribbean Sepsis Alliance.
Prof. Kissoon has been recognized globally for his outstanding contributions to pediatric critical care and sepsis advocacy. He is a recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics Distinguished Career Award. In 2015, he received the BNS Walia PGIMER Golden Jubilee Oration Award for his major contributions to pediatrics in India and was honored with the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Master in Critical Care Medicine Award, the highest distinction given by the SCCM.
In 2018, he received the University of British Columbia Outstanding Academic Performance Award and the “Giving Back: Advancing Medical Excellence” Distinguished Service Award from the University of the West Indies Medical Alumni Association Canadian Chapter, in recognition of his exceptional service in national and international pediatric critical care. In 2020, he was awarded the Drs. Vidyasagar and Nagamani Dharmapuri Award for sustained exemplary and pioneering achievements in the care of critically ill and injured infants and children globally. In 2023, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award and was conferred an Honorary Doctorate (DSc) in 2025 by the University of the West Indies.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.6 contact hours.
Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.25 contact hours.
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