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. 2016 Jul 1;151(4):898–907. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.06.020

Table 5.

Frequency of Patient Outcomes After Implementation of an Automated Sepsis Screening Tool

Reference Type of Alert ICU Transfers (%)
Mortality (%)
Before Alert After Alert Before Alert After Alert
Sawyer et al, 201149 Non-SIRS decision tree 23 26 12 10
McRee et al, 201442 SIRS based 9.3 1.0
Kurczewski et al, 201540 SIRS based 47 27
Umscheid et al, 201541 SIRS based 35 35 17 13

See Table 1 legend for expansion of abbreviation.