The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: research priorities for the administration, epidemiology, scoring and identification of sepsis

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 1 Scoring systems used for patients with sepsis and the components that contribute to them

Score	Components
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria	Temperature Heart rate Respiratory rate PaCO₂ White blood cell count % immature neutrophils
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score	PaO2/FiO2 Glasgow Coma Score Mean arterial pressure Use of dopamine, dobutamine, epinephrine or norepinephrine, and dose Bilirubin Platelet count Creatinine Urine output
Quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA)	Systolic blood pressure Respiratory rate Glasgow Coma Score
National Early Warning Score (NEWS)	Respiratory rate Oxygen saturation Supplemental oxygen Temperature Systolic blood pressure Heart rate Alert, Voice, Pain Unresponsive (AVPU) Score
Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS)	Systolic blood pressure Heart rate Respiratory rate Temperature AVPU Score
Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment optimized for electronic health records (eSOFA)	Vasopressor initiation Mechanical ventilation initiation Creatinine Bilirubin Platelet count Lactate