qSOFA in General Wards: the Accuracy in Diagnosis of Sepsis

The new definition of sepsis (sepsis 3.0) restricts the early diagnosis of sepsis in general wards. Despite an alternative process by using a simplified qSOFA score, many patients may still be left out. Whether these patients matter or not is unknown. This prospective cohort includes patients from ten general wards with high incidence of infection during a consecutive half year, obtains qSOFA and SOFA score, follows up prognostic data, therefore to compare patients under different groups, eventually to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of qSOFA score in diagnosis of sepsis.