In the seven children who developed shock with NPMODS compared to eight patients with shock without NPMODS and 12 patients with severe sepsis only, we found more profound coagulopathy [thrombocytopenia (<i>p</i> = 0.04), elevated INR (<i>p</i> = 0.038), low fibrinogen level (<i>p</i> = 0.049), and low TEG-G value (<i>p</i> = 0.01)] and higher peak of interleukin-6 (<i>p</i> = 0.0014) and IL-10 (<i>p</i> = 0.007).
This suggests that interleukins such as IL-6 and IL-10 have a close association with coagulopathy and fibrinolytic dysregulation in sepsis and can be considered as candidates for potential therapeutic targets in SAC.