• Medicina clinica · Mar 2022

    Sepsis Code in emergency department: Performance of q-SOFA score compared to SIRS score.

    • Neus Robert Boter, Adrià Steinherr Zazo, Gemma Rocamora Blanch, Olga Antolin Caminal, Anna Carreres Molas, and Josep Maria Mòdol Deltell.
    • Medicina de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, España; Grupo de trabajo SoCSepsia, Societat Catalana d'Urgències i Emergències Mèdiques (SOCMUE), Barcelona, España; Departamento de Medicina. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: neusrobert1982@gmail.com.
    • Med Clin (Barc). 2022 Mar 25; 158 (6): 260-264.

    IntroductionThe early diagnosis and treatment of sepsis remains a challenge in hospital emergency departments.ObjectiveThe objective was to evaluate the performance of the qSOFA (quick Sequential related Organ Failure Assessment) for activating a Sepsis Code in the emergency department, compared to applying previous criteria based on SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome).MethodsPatients ≥18years were included who consulted an emergency department of a tertiary hospital over two periods of time (May-October 2015), using SIRS criteria (SIRS Group) and over the same months in 2017 using qSOFA criteria (qSOFA Group).ResultsOne hundred and five episodes were analysed: 70 corresponded to the SIRS Group and 55 to the qSOFA Group. The groups were comparable in terms of history, with a greater presence of neoplastic disease in the qSOFA Group. No differences were observed in the form of presentation, the action taken in the emergency department, admissions to critical care units, use of vasopressors or mean hospital stay between the two groups. A higher 30-day mortality rate was observed in the qSOFA group (21.81% vs. 4.3%; P=.003). In the multivariate study, neoplastic disease was noteworthy as an independent factor of poor prognosis (OR 5.36; P=.01), and activation using the SIRS criteria as a factor of good prognosis (OR .15; P=.021).ConclusionsThe activation of the Sepsis Code using qSOFA criteria results in a reduction in detection, with greater associated mortality. Other complementary tools need to be sought for the early detection of sepsis in the emergency department.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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