Prognostic value of the Quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score among critically ill medical and surgical patients with suspected infection in a resource-limited setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score is a simple bedside tool validated outside of the intensive care unit (ICU) to identify patients with suspected infection who are at risk for poor outcomes.

Objectives

To assess qSOFA at the time of ICU referral as a mortality prognosticator in adult medical v. surgical patients with suspected infection admitted to an ICU in a resource-limited regional hospital in South Africa (SA).

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study on adult medical or surgical patients that were admitted to an ICU in a resource-limited hospital in SA. We performed univariate and multivariable logistic regression and compared nested models using likelihood ratio test, and we calculated the area under the receiver op

SUBMITTER: Bishop LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8948475 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature