National Early Warning Score (NEWS) Outperforms Quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure (qSOFA) Score for Early Detection of Sepsis in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prompt recognition of sepsis is critical to improving patients' outcomes. We compared the performance of NEWS and qSOFA scores as sepsis detection tools in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) with suspicion of sepsis.

Methodology

A single-center 12-month retrospective study comparing NEWS using the recommended cut-off of ≥5 and qSOFA as sepsis screening tools in a cohort of patients transported by emergency medical services (EMS) to the Lausanne University Hospital (LUH). We used the Sepsis-3 consensus definition. The primary study endpoint was the detection of sepsis. Secondary endpoints were ICU admission and 28-day all-cause mortality.

Results

Among 886 patients admitted to ED by EMS for suspected infection, 556 (63%) had a complete set of

SUBMITTER: Durr D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9686998 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature