Fig 1.
PRISMA chart.
Table 1.
Description of included studies: ED setting.
Table 2.
Description of included studies: ED setting, patients presenting with sepsis only.
Table 3.
Description of included studies: Prehospital setting.
Fig 2.
Meta-analysis result for ED setting (Including studies with high ROB).
EWS, Early Warning System score; OR, odds ratio; MEWS, Modified Early Warning Score; NEWS, National Early Warning Score; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; ROB, Risk of Bias.
Fig 3.
Meta-analysis result for ED setting (Excluding studies with high ROB).
EWS, Early Warning System score; OR, odds ratio; MEWS, Modified Early Warning Score; NEWS, National Early Warning Score; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; ROB, Risk of Bias.
Fig 4.
Meta-analysis result for prehospital setting.
EWS, Early Warning System score; OR, odds ratio; MEWS, Modified Early Warning Score; NEWS, National Early Warning Score; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; ROB, Risk of Bias.
Fig 5.
Deeks’ funnel plot testing for publication bias using the highest OR.
Fig 6.
Deeks’ funnel plot testing for publication bias using the lowest OR.