Study blood tests to understand organ injury in children with sepsis
Part of Infections clinical trials.
This study uses special blood testing to learn what is happening in the immune system during sepsis in children and how it may relate to organ injury. Your results may help doctors recognize and treat sepsis earlier and more accurately.
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Who can take part
- You must be under 18 years old.
- For the sepsis group: you must meet the study’s definition of sepsis (as confirmed by the study team).
- For the control group: you must be scheduled for an elective surgery and need a pre-surgery blood draw or an IV placed for that surgery.
- You should not have congenital (present at birth) heart disease.
- You should not be on long-term immune-suppressing medicine (like daily steroids) or have a known immune deficiency.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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