Shanley, MD; Matthew J. Bizzarro, MD; Lisa Saiman, MD; Richard A. Polin, MD The pediatric consensus definition of sepsis is SIRS in the presence of or as a result of suspected or proven infection.

Total Leukocyte Counts and Neutrophil Indices Are Inaccurate to Define Sepsis in Term or Preterm Neonates 1 Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University ...