Utility of quick sepsis-related organ failure assessment (qSOFA) to predict outcome in patients with pneumonia.

Despite on-going advances in medical treatment, the burden of disease of pneumonia remains high. We aimed to determine the association of the qSOFA score with in-hospital mortality, length of hospitalisation, and admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) in patients with pneumonia. Further, in a su...

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Main Authors: Martin Müller, Viviane Guignard, Joerg C Schefold, Alexander B Leichtle, Aristomenis K Exadaktylos, Carmen A Pfortmueller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5739400?pdf=render