Mortality and detailed characteristics of pre-ICU qSOFA-negative patients with suspected sepsis: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent studies have suggested that quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) scores have limited utility in early prognostication in high-mortality populations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between pre-ICU qSOFA scores and in-hospital mortality among patients admitted to the ICU with suspected sepsis. This study also aimed to describe detailed clinical characteristics of qSOFA-negative (< 2) patients.

Methods

This single center, observational study, conducted in a Japanese tertiary care teaching hospital between May 2012 and June 2016, enrolled all consecutive adult patients admitted to the ICU with suspected sepsis. We assessed pre-ICU qSOFA scores with the most abnormal vital signs during the 24-h period before ICU admissi

SUBMITTER: Nakayama I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5882475 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature