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Predictive value of geriatric-quickSOFA in hospitalized older people with sepsis

BACKGROUND: QuickSOFA, a prognostic score proposed for patients with infection, has shown a poor predictive value in the geriatric population, probably because of the inappropriateness of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in assessing acute alteration of mental status in older patients. Indeed, the GCS m...

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Autores principales: Remelli, Francesca, Castellucci, Federico, Vitali, Aurora, Mattioli, Irene, Zurlo, Amedeo, Spadaro, Savino, Volpato, Stefano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8045242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33849471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02182-1