Low sensitivity of qSOFA, SIRS criteria and sepsis definition to identify infected patients at risk of complication in the prehospital setting and at the emergency department triage.
Selin TusgulPierre-Nicolas CarronBertrand YersinThierry CalandraFabrice DamiPublished in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2017)
The sensitivity performance of all three tools was suboptimal. The qSOFA score, SIRS criteria and sepsis definition have low identification sensitivity in selecting septic patients in the pre-hospital setting or upon arrival in the ED at risk of complication.