The Accuracy of Sepsis Screening Score for Mortality Prediction at Emergency Department Triage.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sepsis has a mortality rate of 10-40% worldwide. Many screening tools for sepsis prediction and for emergency department (ED) triage are controversial. This study compared the accuracy of the scores for predicting 28-day mortality in adult patients with sepsis in the triage area of the ED.

Methods

Adult patients who presented to the ED of a tertiary-care university hospital from January-December 2019 with an initial diagnosis of sepsis or other infection-related conditions were enrolled. We calculated predictive scores using information collected in the ED triage area. Prognostic accuracy was measured by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) for predicting 28-day mortality as a primary outcome. The secondary outcomes included mechani

SUBMITTER: Suttapanit K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9541988 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature