Comparison of QSOFA score and SIRS criteria as screening mechanisms for emergency department sepsis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1730-1733

  Haydar, Samir ^a   Spanier, Matthew ^a   Weems, Patricia ^a   Wood, Samantha ^a   Strout, Tania ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

qSOFA; Sepsis; Sirs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME CRITERIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85023646138     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.07.001     Document Type: Article

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