Mortality and detailed characteristics of pre-ICU qSOFA-negative patients with suspected sepsis: an observational study

Abstract Background Recent studies have suggested that quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) scores have limited utility in early prognostication in high-mortality populations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between pre-ICU qSOFA scores and in-hospital morta...

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Main Authors: Izumi Nakayama, Junichi Izawa, Hideyuki Mouri, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Junji Shiotsuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-018-0389-3