%0 Journal Article
%T Comparing Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Scores to End-tidal Carbon Dioxide as Mortality Predictors in Prehospital Patients with Suspected Sepsis
%A Amanda Stone
%A Ayanna Walker
%A Christopher L. Hunter
%A George Ralls
%A Linda Papa
%A Neal Mangalat
%A Salvatore Silvestri
%J Archive of "Western Journal of Emergency Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.5811/westjem.2018.1.35607
%X Early identification of sepsis significantly improves outcomes, suggesting a role for prehospital screening. An end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) value ¡Ü 25 mmHg predicts mortality and severe sepsis when used as part of a prehospital screening tool. Recently, the Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score was also derived as a tool for predicting poor outcomes in potentially septic patients
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5942006/