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ecj-8235	Velissaris, Dimitrios; Karamouzos, Vasileios; Pantzaris, Nikolaos Dimitrios; Kakoullis, Loukas; Pierrakos, Charalampos; Karanikolas, Menelaos; Gogos, Charalampos	qSOFA score and LqSOFA score as predictors of outcome in an elderly population with chest infection treated in the Emergency Department. A case series	2019	5	.pdf	application/pdf	3634	166	51	Although the majority of publications show that qSOFA score has better accuracy than SIRS criteria for pre- dicting mortality in the non-intensive care unit (ICU) environment,9,10 there is ongoing debate regarding its usefulness because of poor sensitivity.11 Α meta-analysis published by Jiang et al. in 2018 attempted to compare the qSOFA score with the SIRS criteria and determine the accuracy of the qSOFA score in predict- ing mortality in ED patients with infections and showed that although qSOFA score ≥ 2 and SIRS score ≥ 2 were both strongly Article Figure 1. Discussion and Conclusions In this study, we assessed the predictive value of the qSOFA and the calculated LqSOFA score in a prospective case series of sepsis patients with chest infection.	cache/ecj-8235.pdf	txt/ecj-8235.txt