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Pediatric Sepsis Score Outperforms Others in ICU Study

4/1/2026

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A multicenter study in the Chinese Medical Journal evaluates the modified Phoenix Sepsis Score (PSS+).
The study analyzed over 9,200 pediatric ICU encounters across five hospitals in China.
In-hospital mortality was 13.4%.
PSS+ outperformed the original Phoenix Sepsis Score (PSS) and the pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (pSOFA), with AUROCs of 0.75 and 0.71.

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Story summary

A multicenter study in the Chinese Medical Journal evaluates the modified Phoenix Sepsis Score (PSS+).
The study analyzed over 9,200 pediatric ICU encounters across five hospitals in China.
In-hospital mortality was 13.4%.
PSS+ outperformed the original Phoenix Sepsis Score (PSS) and the pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (pSOFA), with AUROCs of 0.75 and 0.71.