Predicting sepsis at emergency department triage: Implementing clinical and laboratory markers within the first nursing assessment to enhance diagnostic accuracy.

Ugo Giulio SistoStefano di BellaElisa PortaGiorgia FranzoiFranco CominottoElena GuzzardiNicola ArtusiCaterina Anna GiudiceEugenia Dal BoNicholas CollotFrancesca SirianniSavino RussoGianfranco Sanson

Published in: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2024)

Early identification of sepsis since the emergency department (ED) triage is challenging Implementing the ED triage protocol with simple clinical and laboratory markers allows to recognize patients with sepsis with a very good discriminatory power (AUC 0.88).

Keyphrases

emergency department
septic shock
acute kidney injury
intensive care unit
quality improvement
healthcare
randomized controlled trial
mental health