Predictive value of quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Scores following sepsis-related Medical Emergency Team calls: a retrospective cohort study

We conducted a cohort study of adult ward patients who had a Medical Emergency Team (MET) call triggered by confirmed or suspected sepsis in an Australian tertiary centre to assess the predictive utility of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) scores for 28-day mortality over a 12-month period. Sepsis was the causative aetiology in 970 MET calls for 646 patients with a mean age of 68 years and median Charlson Comorbidity score (CCS) of 3.0. Four hundred and seven (63%) patients had microbiological identification of a causative organism with 35 (9%) demonstrating multi –drug resistance. The 28-day mortality rate was 22%. Independent risk factors for 28-day mortality included age (incidence rate ratio [IRR] 1.038;P
Source: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research