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Quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment Versus Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Criteria for Predicting Organ Dysfunction and Mortality
- Source :
- Cureus
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Cureus, Inc., 2018.
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Abstract
- The International Consensus Definition for Sepsis and Septic Shock Task Force has recently developed new methods to determine whether a patient is at risk for end organ failure after he has been suspected to have sepsis. One of the newest measures developed is a quick Sequential (Sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA), and it is used to identify patients who are at risk of sepsis outside the intensive care unit. The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) score has previously been the standard for determining a patient’s sepsis risk and prognosis for future mortality. With the development of these new tools, it is imperative to compare qSOFA to SIRS in order to determine which method is best and under which circumstances. We conclude that according to evidence currently available, qSOFA has limited use for patients in the intensive care unit at the time of evaluation for predicting mortality and organ dysfunction. Furthermore, qSOFA outranks SIRS for patients in the emergency department except for SIRS delivering positive results more quickly.
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- medicine.medical_specialty
qsofa
predicting organ dysfunction
systemic inflammatory response
law.invention
sepsis
Sepsis
quick sequential organ failure assessment
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030212 general & internal medicine
Intensive care medicine
Septic shock
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Organ dysfunction
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General Engineering
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
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Intensive care unit
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Emergency Medicine
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Details
- ISSN :
- 21688184
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cureus
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eed0202acd87a5659eb8e7d9894552f2