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We hypothesized that the quick Pediatric Septic Shock Screening Score (qPS4) would demonstrate greater sensitivity compared with the Liverpool quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (LqSOFA) and a commonly used 2-stage screening tool created at Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We performed a secondary analysis of the qPS4 validation set data from a retrospective cohort study of pediatric emergency department patients with suspected infection. The exposure was a positive screen prior to outcome occurring. We calculated the predictive characteristics of qPS4, LqSOFA, and CHOP for Phoenix sepsis and septic shock within 24\u00a0hours of arrival.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We analyzed 47\u2009176 encounters. Within 24\u00a0hours of arrival to the ED, 628 (1.3%) met criteria for sepsis and 228 (0.5%) met criteria for septic shock. The qPS4 predicted sepsis with 67.8% sensitivity and 89.6% specificity compared with LqSOFA (sensitivity 47.0%, specificity 95.7%) and the CHOP screen (sensitivity 49.7%, specificity 92.1%) (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.05 for all compared to qPS4). The qPS4 predicted septic shock with 85.5% sensitivity and 89.0% specificity compared with LqSOFA (sensitivity 59.2%, specificity 95.2%) and the 2-stage CHOP screen (sensitivity 64.9%, specificity 91.5%) (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.05 for all compared to qPS4).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The qPS4 predicted Phoenix sepsis and septic shock with greater sensitivity and clinically similar specificity compared with widely used bedside tools.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2025-071155","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,27]],"date-time":"2025-04-27T00:03:04Z","timestamp":1745712184000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Comparing Screening Tools for Predicting Phoenix Criteria Sepsis and Septic Shock Among 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