Predicting outcome of patients with severe urinary tract infections admitted via the emergency department.

Objective: To evaluate clinical prediction tools for making decisions in patients with severe urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted at 2 hospitals (combined emergency department (ED) census 190,000). Study patients were admitted via the ED with acute pyelonephritis or severe sepsis-septic shock related UTI.

Derivation of a screen to identify severe sepsis and septic shock in the ED-BOMBARD vs. SIRS and qSOFA.

Study Objective: To predict severe sepsis/septic shock in ED patients.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective case-control study of patients ≥18 admitted to two urban hospitals with a combined ED census of 162,000. Study cases included patients with severe sepsis/septic shock admitted via the ED.