From: A comparison of predictors for mortality and bacteraemia in patients suspected of infection
Variables | SF | Variables used to calculate scores | |||||
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NEWS | SOFA | MEDS | qSOFA | SDR | SIRS | ||
Vital signs | |||||||
Systolic BP or MAP | x | x | x | x | x | ||
Heart rate | x | x | x | ||||
Temperature | x | x | x | x | |||
Chills | x | x | |||||
Mental status | x | x | x | x | |||
GCS | |||||||
Arterial O2 saturation (SaO2) | x | ||||||
Arterial O2 pressure (PaO2) | x | ||||||
Respiratory rate | x | x | x | ||||
Respiratory distress | x | ||||||
Laboratory | |||||||
WBC | x | x | |||||
Platelets | x | x | x | x | |||
Creatinine | x | x | x | ||||
Neutrophil fraction | x | ||||||
Immature neutrophils | x | x | |||||
Bilirubin | x | ||||||
Albumin | x | ||||||
CRP | x | ||||||
Lactate | x | ||||||
Other/comorbidities | |||||||
Age | x | x | x | ||||
Nursing home residence | x | ||||||
Lower respiratory infection | x | ||||||
Septic shock | x | ||||||
Terminal illness | x | ||||||
Suspected endocarditis | x | ||||||
Indwelling vascular catheter | x | ||||||
Vomiting | x | ||||||
Overall score availability (%) | 99.8 | 33.9 | 23.5 | 69.1 | 50.8 | 61.8 | 58.5 |