Frequency and significance of qSOFA criteria during adult rapid response team reviews: A prospective cohort study

Resuscitation

Volumn 122, Issue , 2018, Pages 13-18

  LeGuen, Maurice ^a   Ballueer, Yvonne ^b   McKay, Richard ^b   Eastwood, Glenn ^b   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^b   Jones, Daryl ^b,c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infection; qSOFA; RRT call; Sepsis; SOFA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUICK SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SEPSIS; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85034057074     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.11.036     Document Type: Article

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