Quantitative capillary refill time predicts sepsis in patients with suspected infection in the emergency department: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outcomes in emergent patients with suspected infection depend on how quickly clinicians evaluate the patients and start treatment. This study was performed to compare the predictive ability of the quantitative capillary refill time (Q-CRT) as a new rapid index versus the quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) score and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) score for sepsis screening in the emergency department.

Methods

This was a multicenter, observational, retrospective study of adult patients with suspected infection. The area under the curve (AUC) of receiver operating characteristic curve analyses and multivariate analyses were used to explore associations of the Q-CRT with the qSOFA score, SIRS score, and lactate concentration.

Resu

SUBMITTER: Yasufumi O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6501379 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature