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Journal Review

Utility of quick sepsis-related organ failure assessment (qSOFA) to predict outcome in patients with pneumonia

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Pneumonia, an acute infection of the pulmonary parenchyma, is a disease that commonly presents to US Emergency Departments, with an incidence as high as 9.7 per 1000 persons in developed countries. 
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Journal Review

Validation of qSOFA for Mortality Prediction in the ED

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In 2016 the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3), redefined sepsis as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. This group postulated that sepsis can be identified through an increase in Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score of at least 2 points.
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