magazineAuthors: Nguyen Ngoc Rang; Pham Huu Cong (2020)
Platelet count is a routine laboratory measure associated with poor outcomes in adult patients with sepsis/septic
shock. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of platelet count as a predictive marker of mortality in
pediatric patients with septic shock. Over an 18-month period, 62 pediatric patients with septic shock had platelet
count measured on the first day of PICU admission