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. 2019 Jan 8;8(1):61. doi: 10.3390/jcm8010061
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
  • Number

  • Male/Female

  • Median age

  • Patient group


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