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Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) Score

Respiratory rate ≥22/minute

Altered mental status

SBP ≤100 mmHg

qSOFA score

 

Formula

qSOFA score ≥2: High risk for in-patient mortality for setting outside ICU.

qSOFA score ≤1: Low risk for in-patient mortality for setting outside ICU.

 

Reference

Singer M, Deutschman CS, Seymour CW, et al. The third international consensus definitions for sepsis and septic shock (SEpsis-3). JAMA. 2016;315(8):801. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.0287