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Predictive validity of the qSOFA criteria for sepsis in non-ICU inpatients

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Sexual Health, St George Hospital, 2 South Street, Sydney, NSW, 2217, Australia

    Emily Forward, Pamela Konecny, John Burston & Tomas Jensen

  2. St George & Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

    Pamela Konecny, John Burston, Suman Adhikari & Tomas Jensen

  3. Pharmacy Department, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    Suman Adhikari

  4. Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

    Heather Doolan

  5. Nursing Services, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    Heather Doolan

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This study was approved by the South Eastern Sydney Local District Ethics Committee (HREC ref no: 16/184).

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Forward, E., Konecny, P., Burston, J. et al. Predictive validity of the qSOFA criteria for sepsis in non-ICU inpatients. Intensive Care Med 43, 945–946 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4776-2

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