Performance of the quick SOFA in very old ICU patients admitted with sepsis.

Lenneke E M HaasFabian TermorshuizenDylan W de LangeDiederik van DijkNicolette F de Keizer

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2020)

The qSOFA showed worse discriminative performance to predict mortality than SOFA, APACHE IV, and SAPS II in both VOPs and younger patients admitted with sepsis.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
septic shock
acute kidney injury
cardiovascular events
mechanical ventilation
risk factors
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease