Fig. 1
From: Whole blood transcriptomics identifies subclasses of pediatric septic shock
Flowchart of patients in this study after applying exclusion and inclusion criteria. All septic shock cases were diagnosed with sepsis and were started on inotropes < 72 h from blood sampling. All controls had no documented diagnosis of sepsis or pneumonia, no positive cultures, and no inotrope use, and were started on mechanical ventilation < 72 h from blood sampling