The Synapse Season 3 Episode 80 - qPS4 and the TAMSI in Septic Children

Send us Fan MailSIRS and especially qSOFA just don't stack up. Not in adults, and definitely not in pediatrics. This has begged the question for a while of is there a better sepsis screening tool out there for children given how well they compensate and hide insult from occult shock...Recently a pediatric age/vitals-specific sepsis screening tool has been proposed, called the qPS4 scale, and early evidence is showing it is much more sensitive and specific in the pediatric population, especially when combined with the TAMSI, or the Temperature and Age-Adjusted Shock Index. In this episode I will tell you all you need to know about how this stands to help in your pediatric shock populations.