mortality in emergency department sepsis (MEDS) score
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Indications
- prediction of 28 day mortality in patients with suspected sepsis
- about as useful as serum lactate in assessing prognosis[1]
Methods
- 9 independent predictors of mortality
- terminal illness
- tachypnea or hypoxia
- septic shock
- thrombocytopenia (< 150,000/mm3)
- neutrophilic bands > 5%
- age > 65 years
- lower respiratory tract infection
- nursing home residence
- altered mental status
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Sankoff JD et al, Validation of the Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score in patients with the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Crit Care Med 2008, 36:421 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18091538