A simple electronic medical record-based predictors of illness severity in sepsis (sepsis) score.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Current scores for predicting sepsis outcomes are limited by generalizability, complexity, and electronic medical record (EMR) integration. Here, we validate a simple EMR-based score for sepsis outcomes in a large multi-centre cohort.

Design

A simple electronic medical record-based predictor of illness severity in sepsis (SEPSIS) score was developed (4 additive lab-based predictors) using a population-based retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Internal medicine services across four academic teaching hospitals in Toronto, Canada from April 2010-March 2015 (primary cohort) and 2015-2019 (secondary cohort).

Patients

We identified patients admitted with sepsis based upon receipt of antibiotics and positive cultures.

Measurements and main results

The

SUBMITTER: Cressman AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11206954 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature