Comparison of the performance of SOFA, qSOFA and SIRS for predicting mortality and organ failure among sepsis patients admitted to the intensive care unit in a …
B Khwannimit, R Bhurayanontachai, V Vattanavanit - Journal of critical care, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction The Sepsis-3 definition provides a change of two or more scores from
zero or a known baseline of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) as criteria of
sepsis. The aim of this study was to compare the SOFA score and the quick SOFA (qSOFA)
to Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) criteria in predictive ability of mortality
and organ failure. Methods A-10 year retrospective cohort study was conducted in a
teaching hospital in Thailand. Results A total of 2350 of mixed sepsis patients by Sepsis-2 …
zero or a known baseline of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) as criteria of
sepsis. The aim of this study was to compare the SOFA score and the quick SOFA (qSOFA)
to Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) criteria in predictive ability of mortality
and organ failure. Methods A-10 year retrospective cohort study was conducted in a
teaching hospital in Thailand. Results A total of 2350 of mixed sepsis patients by Sepsis-2 …
