Scoring systems for the characterization of sepsis and associated outcomes

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 24, 2016, Pages

  McLymont, Natalie ^a   Glover, Guy W ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early warning scores (EWS); Intensive care unit (ICU); Sepsis; The Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS); The National Early Warning Score (NEWS); The Quick (q) Sequential (Sepsis related) Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA); The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY WARNING SCORE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; QUICK SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85010445056     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.12.53     Document Type: Article

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