MORTALITY IN EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT SEPSIS
SCORE
(MEDS)
|
Variable |
Puntuación |
| Enfermedad
terminal |
6 |
| Taquipnea o
hipoxia |
3 |
| Shock séptico |
3 |
| Plaquetas < 150.000/
mm3 |
3 |
| Cayados > 5% |
3 |
| Edad > 65 años
|
3 |
| Infección respiratoria baja
|
2 |
| Residente en institución
comunitaria |
2 |
| Estatus mental
alterado |
2 |
|
Puntuación |
Mortalidad |
|
0-4
|
0.9-1.1 |
|
5-7 |
2-4.4 |
|
8-12 |
7.8-9.3 |
|
13-15 |
16.1-20.2 |
|
>
15 |
39-50 |
Shapiro NI, Wolfe RE, Moore RB, Smith E, Burdick E, Bates DW.
Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score:
A
prospectively derived and validated clinical prediction rule.
Crit Care Med 2003;31:670-675.