Characteristics	Cases without qSOFA scores (n = 165)	Cases with qSOFA scores (n = 595)	p
Gender
Male	92 (55.8)	319 (53.6%)
Female	73 (44.2%)	276 (46.4%)	0.625
Age (years)	34 (25, 50)	36 (27, 51)	0.270
Preexisting comorbidities
No	46 (27.9%)	212 (35.6%)
Yes	99 (60.0%)	314 (52.8%)	0.169
Unknown	20 (12.1%)	69 (11.6%)
HIV status
HIV uninfected	114 (69.1%)	449 (75.5%)	0.100
HIV infected	51 (30.9%)	146 (24.5%)
Emergency department treatments
Intravenous fluids	102 (61.8%)	395 (66.4%)	0.275
Antimicrobial medications	123 (74.6%)	437 (73.5%)	0.776
Respiratory support	32 (19.4%)	143 (24.0%)	0.210
Vasopressors	10 (6.1%)	36 (6.1%)	0.544
Overall outcome
Discharged	104 (63.0%)	410 (68.9%)
Transferred	5 (3.0%)	12 (2.0%)
Died	42 (25.5%)	151 (25.4%)	0.077
Eloped	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)
Unknown	14 (8.5%)	21 (3.5%)