NICE guidance on sepsis is of limited value in postoperative colorectal patients: the scores that cry ' wolf! '

This research article found that the Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment appeared to be inferior to the SIRS Criteria for identifying postoperative sepsis after colorectal cancer resection. The article states that more work is required to assess whether a combination of scoring criteria, biochemical markers and automated tools could increase accurate detection of postoperative infection and trigger early intervention.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news