Poor performance of quick-SOFA (qSOFA) score in predicting severe sepsis and mortality – a prospective study of patients admitted with infection to the emergency department
Abstract Background We aimed to evaluate the clinical usefulness of qSOFA as a risk stratification tool for patients admitted with infection compared to traditional SIRS criteria or our triage system; the Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System (RETTS). Methods The study was an observational coh...
Main Authors: | Åsa Askim, Florentin Moser, Lise T. Gustad, Helga Stene, Maren Gundersen, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Jostein Dale, Lars Petter Bjørnsen, Jan Kristian Damås, Erik Solligård |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2017-06-01
|
Series: | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-017-0399-4 |
Similar Items
-
Predictive value of geriatric-quickSOFA in hospitalized older people with sepsis
by: Francesca Remelli, et al.
Published: (2021-04-01) -
Prognostic Accuracy of SOFA, qSOFA, and SIRS for Mortality Among Emergency Department Patients with Infections
by: Abdullah SMOB, et al.
Published: (2021-07-01) -
Low sensitivity of qSOFA, SIRS criteria and sepsis definition to identify infected patients at risk of complication in the prehospital setting and at the emergency department triage
by: Selin Tusgul, et al.
Published: (2017-11-01) -
Head-to-head comparison of qSOFA and SIRS criteria in predicting the mortality of infected patients in the emergency department: a meta-analysis
by: Jianjun Jiang, et al.
Published: (2018-07-01) -
qSOFA score and LqSOFA score as predictors of outcome in an elderly population with chest infection treated in the Emergency Department. A case series
by: Dimitrios Velissaris, et al.
Published: (2019-10-01)