Patient demographic data, outcome, and haematological indices on admission in five patients with septic shock
| Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 | Patient 4 | Patient 5 | ||||
| Organism | Neisseria meningitidis group B | Neisseria meningitidis group C | Streptococcus group B | Neisseria meningitidis group B | Neisseria meningitidis group B | |||
| Age | 7 y | 4 y | 2 mth | 4 mth | 14 y | |||
| Wt (kg) | 22 | 16.4 | 4.4 | 5 | 63 | |||
| Inotropes (μg/kg/min) | Dopamine 5 | Dopamine 5 | Dopamine 7.5 | Adrenaline 0.1 | Dopamine 10 | |||
| Noradrenaline 0.13 | Noradrenaline 0.1 | Adrenaline 0.2 | ||||||
| Noradrenaline 1.0 | ||||||||
| PIM probability of death (%) | 21.8 | 9.2 | 19.9 | 60.9 | 6.6 | |||
| GMSPS score | 11 | 5 | Not applicable | 12 | 9 | |||
| Outcome | Alive | Alive | Dead | Dead | Alive | |||
| Hb (g/l) | 111 | 101 | 92 | 92 | 131 | |||
| WBC (× 109/l) | 35.3 | 15.6 | 1.3 | 9.1 | 3.9 | |||
| Platelets (× 109/l) | 162 | 172 | 151 | 105 | 33 | |||
PIM, Paediatric Index of Mortality; GMSPS, Glasgow Meningococcal Septicaemia Prognostic Score.
GMPSP >8 gives mortality risk of ⩾73.7% of death.2