Correlation of Quick SOFA Score and Procalcitonin with Mortality in the Emergency Department
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Date
2020-05
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SCIENCEDOMAIN international
Abstract
Introduction:Sepsis is defined as life threatening organ dysfunction caused by the dysregulated host response to infection with high mortality. Methods:We studied 2031 patients presenting to an emergency department with fever or suspected infection to find the correlation between q SOFA SCORE and procalcitonin level swith mortality.
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Procalcitonin, mortality, emergencydepartment,sepsis, life-threateningorgandysfunction
Citation
Bhatia Mandip Singh, Attri Ritu, Kant Kumar Rajni, Sharda Saurabh C.. Correlation of Quick SOFA Score and Procalcitonin with Mortality in the Emergency Department. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research. 2020 May; 32(6): 64-69