Quick-SOFA score  ≥ 2 predicts prolonged hospital stay in geriatric patients with influenza infection

The quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score was designed to predict mortality among sepsis patients. However, it has never been used to identify prolonged length of hospital stay (pLOS) in geriatric patients with influenza infection. We conducted this study to clarify this issue.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - June 23, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Chien-Chun Yeh, Yen-An Chen, Chien-Chin Hsu, Jiann-Hwa Chen, Wei-Lung Chen, Chien-Cheng Huang, Jui-Yuan Chung Source Type: research