A comparison of the Quick sequential (Sepsis-related) Organ failure assessment score and the National early warning score in non-ICU patients with/without infection

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 1923-1933

  Redfern, Oliver C ^a   Smith, Gary B ^b   Prytherch, David R ^a   Meredith, Paul ^c   Inada Kim, Matthew ^d   Schmidt, Paul E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d BASINGSTOKE AND NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early warning scores; Infection; National early warning score; Quick sepsis related organ failure assessment; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-10; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY INFECTION; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 85056583950     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003359     Document Type: Article

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