ArticleInfection2017
Application of the qSOFA score to predict mortality in patients with suspected infection in a resource-limited setting in Malawi.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Sepsis screening tools in resource-limited settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy in low- and middle-income countries.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Prognostic evaluation of quick sequential organ failure assessment score in ICU patients with sepsis across different income settings.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Observational
- The Universal Vital Assessment (UVA) score at 6 hours post-resuscitation predicts mortality in hospitalized adults with severe sepsis in Mbarara, Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- A comparison of different scores for diagnosis and mortality prediction of adults with sepsis in Low-and-MiddleEClinicalMedicine · 2021Article
- Performance Assessment of the Universal Vital Assessment Score vs Other Illness Severity Scores for Predicting Risk of In-Hospital Death Among Adult Febrile Inpatients in Northern Tanzania, 2016-2019.JAMA network open · 2021Article
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- Prevalence, Etiology, and Outcome of Sepsis among Critically Ill Patients in Malawi.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Observational
- The Prevalence and Outcomes of Sepsis in Adult Patients in Two Hospitals in Malawi.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- qSOFA as a predictor of ICU outcomes in a resource-limited setting in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society · 2020Article
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- A Prospective Comparison of Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Criteria, Universal Vital Assessment, and Modified Early Warning Score to Predict Mortality in Patients with Suspected Infection in Gabon.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Observational
- Mortality outcomes based on ED qSOFA score and HIV status in a developing low income country.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2018Article
- Surviving sepsis campaign: research priorities for sepsis and septic shock.Intensive care medicine · 2018Article
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- qSOFA score for prediction of sepsis outcome in emergency department.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
- Inability-to-walk-unaided-a single WHO danger sign predicts in-hospital mortality in people with HIV under routine care conditions in a low-resource setting.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo determine the predictive value of qSOFA (quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) in Malawian patients with suspected infection.
methodsProspective observational study in a tertiary referral hospital in Malawi.
resultsPredictive ability of qSOFA was reasonable [AUROC 0.73 (95% CI 0.68-0.78)], increasing to 0.77 (95% CI 0.72-0.82) when classifying all patients with altered mental status as high risk. Adding HIV status as a variable to the qSOFA score did not improve predictive value.
conclusionqSOFA is a simple tool that can aid risk stratification in resource-limited settings.
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