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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep;45(9):1443–1449. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002538

TABLE 1.

Emergency Department (ED) sepsis classifications.

Elements Original ED Sepsis qSOFA ED Sepsis Revised ED Sepsis
Serious Infection [ED infection diagnosis] or [ED triage body temperature >38 °C or <36 °C]
Sepsis Serious infection

  • + { [ED organ dysfunction diagnosis]

    • or [endotracheal intubation]

    • or [SBP≤90 mmHg] }

  • or {ED severe sepsis (995.92)

    • or septic shock (785.52) diagnosis}

 Serious infection

  • + [≥2 qSOFA Criteria:

    • -

      GCS≤14,

    • -

      respiratory rate ≥22 breaths/min,

    • -

      SBP≤100 mmHg]

 Serious infection

  • + { [ED organ dysfunction diagnosis]

    • or [endotracheal intubation]

    • or [SBP≤90 mmHg]

    • or [≥2 qSOFA Criteria:

    • - GCS≤14,

    • - respiratory rate ≥22 breaths/min,

    • - SBP≤100 mmHg] }

  • or {ED severe sepsis (995.92)

    • or septic shock (785.52) diagnosis}

SBP = systolic blood pressure. qSOFA = quick Sepsis Organ Failure Assessment. GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale.