The SPEED (sepsis patient evaluation in the emergency department) score
Bewersdorf J, Hautmann O, Kofink D, Khalil A, Abidin I, Loch A. The SPEED (sepsis patient evaluation in the emergency department) score. European Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2015, 24: 170-175. PMID: 26524675, PMCID: PMC5417572, DOI: 10.1097/mej.0000000000000344.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDecision Support TechniquesEmergency Service, HospitalHospital MortalityHumansMiddle AgedPrognosisProspective StudiesReproducibility of ResultsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSepsisSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeVital SignsConceptsSeptic patientsEmergency Department Sepsis scoreSevere inflammatory response syndromeScoring systemImmune-suppressed stateMortality rateInflammatory response syndromeArea under the curveStratify mortality riskReceiver operating characteristic curveHospital mortality rateSystolic blood pressureEmergency departmentMortality riskAdmission diagnosisPrognostic factorsResponse syndromePrimary outcomeSepsis scoreLaboratory valuesSource of infectionPatient characteristicsStudy populationSpeed scoresBlood pressure