Acta paediatrica
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To evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcome in children hospitalised with diarrhoea, comparing those developed septic shock with those who did not. ⋯ Children hospitalised for diarrhoea with septic shock were more likely to die, be drowsy on admission and receive blood transfusions and mechanical ventilation. A randomised clinical trial on inotropes in children with diarrhoea, severe sepsis and drowsiness may expedite their use and prevent mechanical ventilation and deaths.