Predicting mortality in patients with suspected sepsis at the Emergency Department; A retrospective cohort study comparing qSOFA, SIRS and National Early Warning Score

Anniek Brink; Jelmer Alsma; Rob Johannes Carel Gerardus Verdonschot; Pleunie Petronella Marie Rood; Robert Zietse; Hester Floor Lingsma; Stephanie Catherine Elisabeth Schuit

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0211133

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Predicting mortality in patients with suspected sepsis at the Emergency Department; A retrospective cohort study comparing qSOFA, SIRS and National Early Warning Score

Anniek Brink ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Anniek Brink, Jelmer Alsma

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: a.brink@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9072-2469

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Jelmer Alsma ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Anniek Brink, Jelmer Alsma

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2808-1514

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Rob Johannes Carel Gerardus Verdonschot,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Pleunie Petronella Marie Rood,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Robert Zietse,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Hester Floor Lingsma,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Stephanie Catherine Elisabeth Schuit

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Predicting mortality in patients with suspected sepsis at the Emergency Department; A retrospective cohort study comparing qSOFA, SIRS and National Early Warning Score

Anniek Brink,
Jelmer Alsma,
Rob Johannes Carel Gerardus Verdonschot,
Pleunie Petronella Marie Rood,
Robert Zietse,
Hester Floor Lingsma,
Stephanie Catherine Elisabeth Schuit

Published: January 25, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211133

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