The Integration of qSOFA with Clinical Variables and Serum Biomarkers Improves the Prognostic Value of qSOFA Alone in Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Sepsis at ED Admission.

Filippo MearelliGiulia BarbatiChiara CasarsaCarlo GiansanteAndrea BregliaAndrea SpicaCristina MorasGaia OlivieriAlessandro Agostino OcchipintiMargherita De NardoFrancesca SpagnolNicola FiottiFilippo Giorgio Di GirolamoMaurizio RuscioLuigi Mario CastelloEfrem ColonettiRossella MarinoClaudio RoncoMichela ZanettiEnrico LupiaMaria Lorenza MuiesanSalvatore Di SommaGian Carlo AvanziGianni Biolo

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2020)

We have derived and validated two prognostic models that outweigh qSOFA in predicting mortality and in identifying the low risk of death among patients with suspected or confirmed sepsis at ED admission.

Keyphrases

emergency department
septic shock
acute kidney injury
intensive care unit
cardiovascular events
risk factors
type diabetes
coronary artery disease