Predictive validity of the qSOFA criteria for sepsis in non-ICU inpatients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 945-946

  Forward, Emily ^a   Konecny, Pamela ^a,b   Burston, John ^a,b   Adhikari, Suman ^a,b   Doolan, Heather ^a,c   Jensen, Tomas ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUICK SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; ADULT; BLOOD; DETERIORATION; MORTALITY; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CLINICAL DETERIORATION; HUMANS; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 85016437297     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4776-2     Document Type: Letter

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