qSOFA is a useful prognostic factor for 30-day mortality in infected patients fulfilling the SIRS criteria for sepsis

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 512 - 516
• Main Authors: Abdullah, S.M. Osama Bin, Grand, Johannes, Sijapati, Astha, Puri, Pushpa Raj, Nielsen, Finn Erland
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2020; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Blood pressure; Comorbidity; Creatinine; Emergency; Emergency department; Emergency medical care; Ethics; Heart rate; Infections; Infectious disease; Inflammation; Laboratories; Medical prognosis; Mortality; Patients; qSOFA; Registration; Sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; Infectious disease; Sepsis; Emergency department; Mortality; qSOFA

The “quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment” (qSOFA) score is a bedside risk-stratification tool to predict the likelihood of organ dysfunction. This study evaluated the qSOFA score as a prognostic factor for 30-day mortality in emergency department (ED) patients with sepsis identified by the Sys...