Evaluation of qSOFA combined with inflammatory mediators for diagnosing sepsis and predicting mortality among emergency department.

Background: There are no guidelines in China or worldwide that clearly recommend indicators for the early diagnosis of sepsis in the emergency department. Simple and unified joint diagnostic criteria are also scarce. We compare the Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score and inflammatory mediator concentrations in patients with normal infection, sepsis, and sepsis death.