Table 1.
Three sepsis recognition tools
| Measurements | qSOFA criteria 6 (SOS warning: at least two criteria are met) | SIRS criteria 7 (SOS warning: at least two criteria are met) | Adult sepsis pathway 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Zone (SOS warning: at least one criterion is met) | Yellow Zone (SOS warning: at least two criteria are met) | |||
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | ≤100 | <90 | <100 | |
| Respiratory rate (breaths/min) | ≥22 | >20 | ≤10 or ≥25 | |
| Glasgow Coma Scale score | <15 | <15 | ||
| Temperature (°C) | — | >38 or <36 | <35.5 or >38.5 | |
| Heart rate (b.p.m.) | — | >90 | ≤50 or ≥120 | |
| White blood cell count (/mm3) | — | >12 000 or <4000 | — | — |
| Lactate (mmol/L) | ≥4.0 | ≥2.0 | ||
| Base excess (mEq/L) | <−5.0 | |||
| SpO2 (%) | <95 | |||
—, not included as part of criteria; qSOFA, quick Sepsis‐related Organ Failure Assessment; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; SOS, suspicion of sepsis; SpO2, peripheral oxygen saturation.