Pediatric Septic Shock Risk Factors and Pathogen Data from Southwest China, 2015-2024

850 pediatric patients with septic shock from a tertiary hospital in Southwest China, studied between January 2015 and December 2024. The dataset includes clinical characteristics, laboratory parameters, pathogen distribution, and 28-day mortality outcomes, comparing community-acquired and hospital-acquired cases. It was authored by Yanjun Wang and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Identify mortality risk factors based on clinical variables like pediatric critical illness score and MODS status.
• Analyze changes in pathogen distribution, such as E. coli and S. pneumoniae trends, before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Compare clinical outcomes and infection characteristics between community-acquired and hospital-acquired septic shock groups.
• Model the association between complications like renal injury or low platelet count and 28-day mortality.

Strengths

• Contains records for 850 patients with a defined 28-day mortality rate of 27.4% for CASS and 38.1% for HASS.
• Covers a 10-year time range from 2015 to 2024, allowing for analysis of temporal trends, including the COVID-19 period.
• Includes detailed clinical subgroups (CASS/HASS) and pathogen detection rates (54.1% positive rate).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single center in Southwest China, which may limit generalizability to other regions.

Provenance

Source

Retrospective study conducted at a tertiary pediatric hospital.

Collection Method

Clinical records were collected for children in septic shock, with analysis performed using binary logistic regression.

Time Range

January 2015 to December 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 06:09:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southwest China