QSOFA, SIRS and NEWS for predicting inhospital mortality and ICU admission in emergency admissions treated as sepsis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 345-349

  Goulden, Robert ^a   Hoyle, Marie Claire ^a   Monis, Jessie ^a   Railton, Darran ^a   Riley, Victoria ^a   Martin, Paul ^a   Martina, Reynaldo ^b   Nsutebu, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85050022767     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2017-207120     Document Type: Article

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