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SUBMITTER: Ishikawa Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8700712 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ishikawa Yudai Y Fukushima Hiroshi H Tanaka Hajime H Yoshida Soichiro S Yokoyama Minato M Matsuoka Yoh Y Sakai Yasuyuki Y Otsuka Yukihiro Y Takazawa Ryoji R Yano Masataka M Tsukamoto Tetsuro T Okuno Tetsuo T Noro Akira A Nagahama Katsushi K Kamata Shigeyoshi S Fujii Yasuhisa Y
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20211205 12
Prognostic accuracy of the quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) score for mortality may be limited in elderly patients. Using our multi-institutional database, we classified obstructive acute pyelonephritis (OAPN) patients into young and elderly groups, and evaluated predictive performance of the qSOFA score for in-hospital mortality. qSOFA score ≥ 2 was an independent predictor for in-hospital mortality, as was higher age, and Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) ≥ 2. In young patients ...[more]