TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bonk, Christopher
AU  - Littlejohn, Robin
AU  - Miller, Kristen
AU  - Schubel, Laura
TI  - The Available Criteria for Different Sepsis Scoring Systems in the Emergency Department-A Retrospective Assessment
SN  - 1179-1500
PY  - 2021///
KW  - IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
KW  - MedStar Institute for Innovation
KW  - National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare
KW  - Journal Article
N2  - CONCLUSION: The availability of patient data at different time points in a patient's ED visit suggests that different scoring methods could be utilized to assess for sepsis as more patient information becomes available. Copyright © 2021 Ramdeen et al; DESIGN: Retrospective data analysis study; MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURED: Availability of sepsis scoring criteria of eight different sepsis scoring methods at three time points-0 Hours (T0), 3 Hours (T1) and 6 Hours (T2) after arrival to the ED; OBJECTIVE: The goal of the study was to assess the criteria availability of eight sepsis scoring methods within 6 hours of triage in the emergency department (ED); PATIENTS: Adult (age >= 18 years) patients presenting to the MWHC ED between June 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018 and admitted with a diagnosis of severe sepsis with or without shock; RESULTS: A total of 50 charts were reviewed, which included 23 (46%) males and 27 (54%) females. Forty-eight patients (96%) were Black or African American. Glasgow Coma Scale was available for all 50 patients at T0. Vital signs, except for temperature, were readily available (>90%) at T0. The majority of laboratory values relevant for sepsis scoring criteria were available (>90%) at T1, with exception to bilirubin (66%) and creatinine (80%). NEWS, PRESEP and qSOFA had greater than 90% criteria availability at triage. SOFA and SIRS consistently had the least percent of available criteria at all time points in the ED; SETTING: ED of MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC), a 912-bed urban, tertiary hospital
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OAEM.S280279
ER  -