First Author (Year)	Askim A (2017) [17]
Title	Poor performance of quick-SOFA (qSOFA) score in predicting severe sepsis and mortality—A prospective study of patients admitted with infection to the emergency department.
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine
Reviewer	RL, CG, MB
Study sponsor	Central Norway Regional Health Authority (RHA) and the NorwegianUniversity of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim Norway.
Study type	Prospectively Collected Data Retrospective Cohort (January–Decemeber 2012)
Location	Norway
Participants Number Male/Female Median age Patient group	1535 53% male 62 (41–78) All patients with suspected or confirmed infection
qSOFA criteria	Respiratory rate ≥ 22 bpm, systolic blood pressure ≤ 100 mmHg, and Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) < 15
Primary outcome Other outcomes	?
Results	qSOFA ≥2 Sensitivity 0.13 (0.05–0.25) Specificity 0.96 (0.95–0.97) PPV 0.14 (0.07–0.23) NPV 0.96 (0.96–0.96)
Note	16 years old and older