What is it about?
Vital signs — like heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure — can be measured quickly and without invasive procedures, making them useful for identifying patients at risk of life-threatening conditions. However, there hasn’t been a scoring system that’s both simple and reliable. To address this gap, we developed a new scoring system called RqSOFA. Even though it’s much easier to use than NEWS — a widely used score known for its high accuracy — it demonstrated equal or superior predictive performance for in-hospital mortality.
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Why is it important?
Using RqSOFA can help identify critically ill patients more effectively, even in a crowded emergency department, and ensure they receive timely critical care.
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This page is a summary of: Characteristics of a revised quick sequential organ failure assessment score (RqSOFA) to predict in-hospital mortality of patients visiting the emergency department via ambulance: an observational cohort study, Internal and Emergency Medicine, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-024-03833-y.
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