SIRS, qSOFA, and organ failure for assessing sepsis at the emergency department

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1459-1462

  Andaluz, David ^a   Ferrer, Ricard ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 85021382698     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2017.05.36     Document Type: Editorial

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