title: The authors reply.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China Department of Pediatrics, Huai'an Maternity and Children's Hospital, Jiangsu, China Department of Pediatrics, University of British-Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Yuanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Hongni
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kissoon
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology*