Context and Implications of the New Pediatric Sepsis Criteria

L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD, MBI; Tellen D. Bennett, MD, MS; Peter E. DeWitt, PhD; Seth Russell, MS; Margaret N. Rebull, MA; Blake Martin, MD; Samuel Akech, MBChB, MMED; David J. Albers, PhD; Elizabeth R. Alpern, MD, MSCE; Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD, MSCE; Melania Bembea, MD, MPH, PhD; Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, MBBS, MMed, PhD; Idris Evans, MD, MSc; Christopher M. Horvat, MD, MHA; Juan Camilo Jaramillo-Bustamante, MD; Niranjan Kissoon, MD; Kusum Menon, MD, MSc; Halden F. Scott, MD, MSCS; Scott L. Weiss, MD; Matthew O. Wiens, PharmD, PhD; Jerry J. Zimmerman, MD, PhD; Andrew C. Argent, MD, MBBCh, MMed; Lauren R. Sorce, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC; Luregn J. Schlapbach, MD, PhD; R. Scott Watson, MD, MPH; Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force; Paolo Biban, MD; Enitan Carrol, MD, MBChB; Kathleen Chiotos, MD; Claudio Flauzino De Oliveira, MD, PhD; Mark W. Hall, MD; David Inwald, MB, MB BChir, PhD; Paul Ishimine, MD; Michael Levin, MD, PhD; Rakesh Lodha, MD; Simon Nadel, MBBS; Satoshi Nakagawa, MD; Mark J. Peters, PhD; Adrienne G. Randolph, MD, MS; Suchitra Ranjit, MD; Daniela Carla Souza, MD; Pierre Tissieres, MD, DSc; James L. Wynn, MD