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01-12-2016 | Letter
qSOFA should replace SIRS as the screening tool for sepsis
Authors:
Stefano Franchini, Andrea Duca
Published in:
Critical Care
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Issue 1/2016
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Excerpt
Vincent JL, Martin GS and Levy MM recently wrote an article in Critical Care entitled “qSOFA does not replace SIRS in the
definition of sepsis” [
1]. In this paper they specified that “the qSOFA is meant to be used to raise suspicion of sepsis and prompt further action but it is not a replacement for SIRS and is not part of the definition of sepsis”. …