Applicability of Sepsis-3 criteria and quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment in patients with cirrhosis hospitalised for bacterial infections.
Fernanda C AugustinhoTamara L ZoccheAriane BorgonovoDariana C MaggiElayne C M RatekeCamila MatiolloEsther B Dantas-CorreaJanaina Luz Narciso SchiavonLeonardo de Lucca SchiavonPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)
Sepsis-3 criteria evaluated at admission are very limited in infected patients with cirrhosis without baseline SOFA. qSOFA was independently related to survival and appears to be a valuable tool for determining severity of infection and to follow patients initially classified as low risk.