Development and internal validation of a simple prognostic score for early sepsis risk stratification in the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

No validated, simple, powerful and continuously monitorable risk prediction tools are available for patients with sepsis during the early phases in the emergency department (ED). We sought to derive a novel Simple Sepsis Early Prognostic Score (SSEPS) composed of physiological indicators that do not depend on laboratory tests and that can be used by emergency clinicians in predicting outcomes in patients with sepsis.

Design

Retrospective cohort analysis of a collected data source.

Participants

Patients with sepsis admitted to the ED of the West China Hospital of Sichuan University between July 2015 and June 2016 were included. We excluded patients who were pregnant, those with cardiac or respiratory arrest, and those using vasoactive drugs before admission

SUBMITTER: Liu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8264891 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature