Prognostic Accuracy of the SOFA Score, SIRS Criteria, and qSOFA Score for In-Hospital Mortality Among Adults With Suspected Infection Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit

Raith, Eamon; Udy, Andrew; Bailey, Michael; McGloughlin, Steven; MacIsaac, Christopher; Bellomo, Rinaldo; Pilcher, David

doi:10.1001/jama.2016.20328

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Prognostic Accuracy of the SOFA Score, SIRS Criteria, and qSOFA Score for In-Hospital Mortality Among Adults With Suspected Infection Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit

Published in JAMA • Jan 17, 2017

Authors:

Eamon Raith

Andrew Udy

Michael Bailey

Abstract

Importance: The Sepsis-3 Criteria emphasized the value of a change of 2 or more points in the Sequential [Sepsis-related] Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, introduced quick SOFA (qSOFA), and removed the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria from the sepsis definition. Objectiv...

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Medicine

SOFA score

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

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