Evaluation of Repeated Quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment Measurements Among Patients With Suspected Infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Among patients with suspected infection, a single measurement of the quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment has good predictive validity for sepsis, yet the increase in validity from repeated measurements is unknown. We sought to determine the incremental predictive validity for sepsis of repeated quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment measurements over 48 hours compared with the initial measurement.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Twelve hospitals in southwestern Pennsylvania in 2012.

Patients

All adult medical and surgical encounters in the emergency department, hospital ward, postanesthesia care unit, and ICU.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Among 1.3 million adult encounters, we identified

SUBMITTER: Kievlan DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6309444 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature