Identifies high risk sepsis patients outside ICU
Total Score
Low risk for poor clinical outcomes. Continue standard assessment.
Disclaimer: The clinical scoring and algorithms on this platform are intended strictly for professional informational purposes. They do not constitute a definitive medical diagnosis, treatment, or clinical decision. The final judgment and responsibility lie with the treating physician.
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The qSOFA (Quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score is a bedside prompt introduced by the Sepsis-3 definitions. It is utilized to identify patients outside the intensive care unit with suspected infection who are at high risk for in-hospital mortality or prolonged ICU stay, requiring absolutely no laboratory tests to calculate.
qSOFA is highly specific but less sensitive than the older SIRS criteria. If a patient's qSOFA is negative (<2) but your clinical gestalt for sepsis remains high, do not delay ordering a lactate level and initiating empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics.
Seymour CW, Liu VX, Iwashyna TJ, et al. Assessment of Clinical Criteria for Sepsis: For the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3). JAMA. 2016;315(8):762-774.
Disclaimer: The clinical scoring and algorithms on this platform are intended strictly for professional informational purposes. They do not constitute a definitive medical diagnosis, treatment, or clinical decision. The final judgment and responsibility lie with the treating physician.