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

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Askim, Åsa ^a,b   Moser, Florentin ^a   Gustad, Lise T ^b,c   Stene, Helga ^d   Gundersen, Maren ^d   Åsvold, Bjørn Olav ^a,b   Dale, Jostein ^a   Bjørnsen, Lars Petter ^a   Damås, Jan Kristian ^a,b   Solligård, Erik ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emergency Department (ED); Prospective; Quick SOFA (q sofa); Rapid emergency triage and treatment system (RETTS); Sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TRIAGE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85020405237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-017-0399-4     Document Type: Article

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