Clinical utility of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score in predicting life-threatening traumatic hemorrhage: An observational study - 26/02/24
Highlights |
• | The qSOFA is a summative physiological score consisting of systolic blood pressure, respiratory rate, and mental status. |
• | The qSOFA has been used to identify patients at risk for adverse outcomes with suspected sepsis. |
• | The qSOFA has high specificity in predicting the need for transfusion and hemostatic procedures in blunt trauma. |
• | However, the qSOFA has low sensitivity in predicting both interventions in the same population. |
• | Clinicians need to monitor patients' physiological changes before proceeding to transfusion and hemostatic procedures. |
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Vol 229
P. 140-144 - mars 2024 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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