Predictors of Mortality in Elderly and Very Elderly Emergency Patients with Sepsis: A Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Elderly patients are at increased risk of developing sepsis and its adverse outcomes. Diagnosing and prognosing sepsis is particularly challenging in older patients, especially early at emergency department (ED) arrival. We aimed to study and compare the characteristics of elderly and very elderly ED patients with sepsis and determine baseline factors associated with in-hospital mortality. We also compared prognostic accuracy of the criteria for systemic inflammatory response syndrome, quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA), and the National Early Warning Score in predicting mortality.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study at the ED of Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. Patients over 18 years old who were diagnosed and trea

SUBMITTER: Boonmee P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7673873 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature