SOFA criteria predict infection-related in-hospital mortality in ICU patients better than SIRS criteria and the qSOFA score

Erik Solligård^{1

2}, Jan Kristian Damås^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Mid-Norway Sepsis Research Group and Clinic of Anesthesia, St Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
² Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Mid-Norway Sepsis Research Group, St Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
⁴ Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Comment

Erik Solligård et al. Evid Based Med. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;22(6):211.

doi: 10.1136/ebmed-2017-110727. Epub 2017 Nov 10.

Erik Solligård^{1

2}, Jan Kristian Damås^{3

4}

¹ Mid-Norway Sepsis Research Group and Clinic of Anesthesia, St Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
² Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Mid-Norway Sepsis Research Group, St Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
⁴ Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

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Keywords: infectious diseases.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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