{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["27(4)"],"submitter":["Bishop LA"],"funding":["AHRQ HHS","NHLBI NIH HHS"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Objectives</h4>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).<h4>Methods</h4>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"],"journal":["African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8948475"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["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."],"pmcid":["PMC8948475"],"funding_grant_id":["L30 HL154200","K12 HS026372"],"pubmed_authors":["Wise RD","Savarimuthu SM","Bishop LA","Wilson DPK","Anesi GL"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"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.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Objectives</h4>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).<h4>Methods</h4>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","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021","modification":"2025-04-04T21:33:25.091Z","creation":"2025-04-04T21:33:25.091Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8948475","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35359693"],"doi":["10.7196/AJTCCM.2021.v27i4.158"]}}