Turkish journal of emergency medicine
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We aimed to determine a comparison between the Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score and existing Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score when applied to severe sepsis & septic shock patients in the Emergency Department (ED) for prediction of in-hospital mortality in the setting of a tertiary care hospital ED in a low-middle income country. ⋯ Our study concludes that qSOFA score is an effective tool at predicting in hospital mortality in comparison to SOFA score when applied to severe sepsis and septic shock patients in the setting of a tertiary care hospital ED of a low-middle income country however, further studies are needed before application for this purpose.