Usefulness of qSOFA and ECOG Scores for Predicting Hospital Mortality in Postsurgical Cancer Patients without Infection

Background. The quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncologic Group (ECOG) scale are simple and easy parameters to measure because they do not require laboratory tests. The objective of this study was to compare the discriminatory capacity of the qSOFA and E...

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Main Authors: Silvio A. Ñamendys-Silva, Emerson Joachin-Sánchez, Aranza Joffre-Torres, Bertha M. Córdova-Sánchez, Guadalupe Ferrer-Burgos, Octavio González-Chon, Angel Herrera-Gomez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Chronic Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9418971