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Nursing assessment of early evidence of septic shock in children at risk includes:
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Fever, tachycardia, and tachypnea are the classic early signs of septic shock in children. Respiratory distress, cold skin, and pale extremities are later signs of septic shock. Elevated blood pressure, hyperventilation, and thready pulses are later signs of septic shock. Normal pulses, hypotension, and oliguria are not early signs of septic shock.