Qsofa

qSOFA is an acronym for Quick SOFA. SOFA is an acronym for Sequential Organ Failure Assessment. The score qSOFA was evaluated on 800,000 patient records in 177 hospitals and represents a simplified form of the SOFA score.

It is based on the following parameters:

• respiratory rate ≥22/min
• Altered consciousness (GCS < 15)
• Systolic blood pressure ≤100 mmHg

Evaluation: The qSOFA-Score is positive if 2 of 3 criteria are fulfilled:

• qSOFAscore = 2 points: 3 times higher mortality
• qSOFA= 3 points: 14 times higher mortality

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3. Singer M et al (2016) The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3). JAMA 315:801-810.