First Author (Year) | Khwannimit B (2017) [38] |
Title | 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 middle-income country. |
Journal | Journal of Critical Care |
Reviewer | RL, CG, KH |
Study sponsor | Research grant of Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University |
Study type | Retrospective cohort study (07–16) |
Location | Thailand |
Participants
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2350 56.1% male 62 (45–75) 15 years and older who had been diagnosed with sepsis and admitted to a medical intensive care unit (sepsis was defined by the criteria of the international consensus definition of sepsis) Definitions Conference (Sepsis-2) |
qSOFA criteria | SBP ≤100 mmHg, respiratory rate ≥22 breath/min, and Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) ≤13 |
Primary outcome Other outcomes |
All-cause hospital mortality ICU mortality and organ failure |
Results | All-cause hospital mortality AUC 0.814 for qSOFA |
Note |