Application of the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis (Sepsis-3) Classification: a retrospective population-based cohort study -

Application of the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis (Sepsis-3) Classification: a retrospective population-based cohort study
Information type: Other primary research
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Specialities: Critical care | Infection and infectious diseases
Summary
Study (n=30239) of 3 scores [infection and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), elevated sepsis-related organ failure assessment (SOFA), elevated quick SOFA (qSOFA)], support SOFA/qSOFA to find patients with infection at increased risk of poor outcomes
UKMi comment
An editorial discusses the limitations of this study, including the generalisability of the results based on the population evaluated.
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