Usefulness of the Mortality in Severe Sepsis in the Emergency Department score in an urban tertiary care hospital.

Background: The Mortality in Severe Sepsis in the Emergency Department (MISSED) score is a newly proposed scoring system. The goal of this study is to determine if the MISSED score is generalizable to an urban tertiary care hospital.

Methods: This is a retrospective chart review conducted from July 2012 to June 2014.