Prognostic accuracy of sepsis-3 criteria for in-hospital mortality among patients with suspected infection presenting to the emergency department
Y Freund, N Lemachatti, E Krastinova, M Van Laer…�- Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance An international task force recently redefined the concept of sepsis. This task
force recommended the use of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA)
score instead of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria to identify patients
at high risk of mortality. However, these new criteria have not been prospectively validated in
some settings, and their added value in the emergency department remains unknown.
Objective To prospectively validate qSOFA as a mortality predictor and compare the�…
force recommended the use of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA)
score instead of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria to identify patients
at high risk of mortality. However, these new criteria have not been prospectively validated in
some settings, and their added value in the emergency department remains unknown.
Objective To prospectively validate qSOFA as a mortality predictor and compare the�…