Prognostic ability of quick-SOFA across different age groups of patients with suspected infection outside the intensive care unit: A cohort study.

Objectives: Sepsis identification in older patients is challenging. We evaluated the performance of qSOFA across different age groups of patients with suspected infection outside the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: Retrospective cohort in a tertiary hospital in Brazil, from January 2016 to December 2016.