Utility of qSOFA score in identifying patients at risk for poor outcome in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Utility of qSOFA score in identifying patients at risk for poor outcome in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Abstract Background The prognostic capability of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) bedside scoring tool is uncertain in non-ICU patients with sepsis due to bacteremia given the low number of patients previously evaluated. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of adult...

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Main Authors: Emi Minejima, Vanessa Delayo, Mimi Lou, Pamela Ny, Paul Nieberg, Rosemary C. She, Annie Wong-Beringer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
S. aureus
Bacteremia
Mortality
Sepsis-3
qSOFA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-3770-4

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