Validation of prognostic accuracy of the SOFA score, SIRS criteria, and qSOFA score for in‐hospital mortality among cardiac‐, thoracic‐, and vascular‐surgery patients admitted to a cardiothoracic intensive care unit

• Main Authors: ZHANG, Yuchong, LUO, Haidong, WANG, Hai, ZHENG, Zhichao, OOI, Oon Cheong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6488
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Sepsis‐3 DefinitionSepsis is defined as life‐threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection. The clinical criteria of sepsis include organ dysfunction, which is defined as an increase of two points or more on the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA). For patient...