Blood poisoning Sepsis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Sepsis patients: under age 12, diagnosed with severe paediatric sepsis or paediatric septic shock Control group 1: patients under age 12, admitted to the ICU for a non-infectious, non-inflammatory illness Control group 2: patients under age 12, undergoing elective cardiac catheterization.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with any type of chronic infectious, inflammatory or autoimmune diseases Patients after hematopoietic or solid organ transplantation Patients receiving long term treatment with steroids or other immunosuppressive agents Patients with an immunodeficiency For control group 2: cyanotic heart disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Inhibitory receptor (SIRL-1 and LAIR-1)expression on blood neutrophils Disease severity as determined by the PRISM-III score, PELOD-2 score and Inotropic score | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| none | — |
Countries
Netherlands