Table 2 Rates of hospital mortality and positive infection as the final diagnosis.

From: The SIRS criteria have better performance for predicting infection than qSOFA scores in the emergency department

 

A

B

C

D

SIRS +/qSOFA+

SIRS +/qSOFA−

SIRS −/qSOFA+

SIRS −/qSOFA-

n = 362

n = 477

n = 33

n = 173

Mortality n (%)*

74 (20.4)

54 (11.3)

10 (30.3)

15 (8.7)

Infection n (%)**

346 (95.6)

439 (92.0)

30 (90.9)

150 (86.7)

  1. A, B, C and D are same as those in Fig. 2. *P < 0.001, **p = 0.004.
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