What a reassuring sepsis screening score can hide
Sepsis remains one of the most time-critical diagnoses an emergency physician can miss. Every hour that antibiotic administration is delayed after the onset of septic shock has been linked to rising mortality, yet the very tools designed to flag sepsis…
Sepsis remains one of the most time-critical diagnoses an emergency physician can miss. Every hour that antibiotic administration is delayed after the onset of septic shock has been linked to rising mortality, yet the very tools designed to flag sepsis early, the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) foremost among them, have come under growing scrutiny for missing patients until they are already critically unwell. Since the Sepsis-3 consensus introduced …
What a reassuring sepsis screening score can hide
