Table 1 Demographic, clinical, and baseline laboratory data of patients

General characteristics

 Age, month

16 (5 – 60)

 Male sex

31 (44.3%)

 Weight, Kg

8.4 (5.5 – 13.6)

 Category

 Sepsis

41 (58.6%)

 Severe sepsis

14 (20%)

 Septic shock

15 (21.4%)

 Complex chronic condition^l

26 (37.1%)

 Malnutrition

35 (50%)

Illness severity

 ARDS^a

9 (12.9%)

 Mechanical ventilation

30 (42.9%)

 Ventilator-free days

5 (2.8 – 9)

 HAI^b

18 (25.7%)

 Vasoactive medications

21 (30%)

 Vasoactive infusion days

0 (0 – 2)

 Vasoactive-inotropic score (day 1)

0 (0 – 10)

 Vasoactive-inotropic score (day 2)

0 (0 – 6.3)

 Need for renal replacement therapy

5 (7.1%)

 MODS^c (day1)

20 (28.6%)

 MODS (day 3)

16 (22.9%)

 PICU^d stay, days

7 (5 – 12.3)

 PIM2^e mortality risk%

2.6 (1.6 – 8.5)

 pSOFA^f score (1^st day)

5 (4 – 8.5)

Laboratory values on admission

 CRP^g, mg/dL

24 (6 – 66)

 Hemoglobin, g/dL

10.2 (9.4 – 11.2)

 WBC^h, 1000/uL

9.2 (4.9 – 14.1)

 ANCⁱ, 1000/uL

15 (8.4 – 20.9)

 Platelets, 1000/uL

312 (158.3 – 377.5)

 Creatinine, mg/dL

0.6 (0.4 – 0.8)

 ALT^j, U/L

24 (16 – 48.8)

 ADAMTS-13^k, ng/mL

1.30 (0.88 – 3.13)