Lactate ≥2 mmol/L plus qSOFA improves utility over qSOFA alone in emergency department patients presenting with suspected sepsis.

Amith L Shetty Stephen Pj MacDonaldJulian M WilliamsJohn van BockxmeerBas de GrootLaura M Esteve CuevasAnnemieke AnsemsMalcolm GreenKelly ThompsonHarvey LanderJaimi H GreensladeSimon FinferJonathan Iredell

Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2018)

The lactate ≥2 mmol/L threshold-based LqSOFA(2) score performs better than qSOFA alone in identifying risk of adverse outcomes in ED patients with suspected sepsis.

Keyphrases

emergency department
septic shock
acute kidney injury
intensive care unit
pulmonary embolism
drug induced