First Author (Year)	Kolditz M (2016) [40]
Title	Comparison of the qSOFA and CRB-65 for risk prediction in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Journal	Intensive Care Medicine
Reviewer	RL, KH, LL, MB, CG
Study sponsor	CAPNETZ was founded by a BMBF Grant (01KI07145) 2001–2011.
Study type	Retrospective cohort (Letter) (2 October–15 June)
Location	Germany
Participants Number Male/Female Median age (IQR) Patient group	9327 analyzed 56% male 63 ICU patients included in a German community-acquired pneumonia database
qSOFA criteria	Respiratory rate ≥22/min, systolic blood pressure ≤100 mmHg, pneumonia-related (new-onset) confusion according to the physician’s discretion
Primary outcome Other outcomes	30-day mortality Requirement for mechanical ventilation and/or vasopressor support during hospital admission, and the combination of 30-day mortality and requirement for mechanical ventilation and/or vasopressor
Results	In-hospital mortality AUC 0.70 (0.69–0.71)
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