Accuracy of Pancreatic Stone Protein for diagnosis of sepsis in children admitted to pediatric intensive care or high-dependency care: a pilot study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participate Approved by Ethical Committee of Children Hospital Bambino Gesù (n°1103). Parents or child’s next of kin signed the consent form to participate to the study. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Competing interests The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest."

"Funding This work was supported also by the Italian Ministry of Health with “Current Research funds”. The authors did not receive any specific funds for this manuscript."