SOFA and SIRS were tested against severe sepsis criteria for ID'ing patients at a high risk HealthDay News — For patients with suspected infection presenting to the emergency department, the quick ...

A new study by Churpek and colleagues (the authors of the 2016 review [5]) supplies data to drive this debate. They sampled retrospective data from the University of Chicago over an 8-year period.

Glenview, IL- For almost 30 years, diagnostic criteria for sepsis has used the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) criteria in those with suspected infection, with presence of two or more ...

In the emergency department (ED) setting, the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score is better than previous criteria for predicting in-hospital mortality among patients with ...