Comparison of severity of illness scoring systems in the prediction of hospital mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock

Comparison of severity of illness scoring systems in the prediction of hospital mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock

<b>Background</b> : New scoring systems, including the Rapid Emergency Medicine Score (REMS), the Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score, and the confusion, urea nitrogen, respiratory rate, blood pressure, 65 years and older (CURB-65) score, have been developed for emergen...

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Main Authors: Crowe Colleen, Kulstad Erik, Mistry Chintan, Kulstad Christine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
Subjects:
Severity of illness index
sepsis
mortality
septic shock
critical care
Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2010;volume=3;issue=4;spage=342;epage=347;aulast=Crowe

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