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. 2020 May 15;10:8095. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64314-8

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Distribution of the patients with suspected infection who presented to the emergency department. SIRS refers to patients who met >2 SIRS criteria, and qSOFA refers to patients with qSOFA score >2. (A), patients met both the SIRS criteria and qSOFA score; (B), patients met only the SIRS criteria; (C), patients met only the qSOFA score; (D), patients met neither the SIRS criteria nor qSOFA score. The SIRS patients included almost all (91.6%) qSOFA patients. qSOFA, quick sequential organ failure assessment; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome.