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- Emergency Assessment: Emergency department clinicians can use the app for a rapid assessment of patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of sepsis or other critical illnesses, allowing for swift triage and initiation of appropriate treatments.
- Ongoing Monitoring in ICU: Intensive care unit teams can employ the app for continuous monitoring of their patients' organ functions. The app can aid in the early detection of organ dysfunction and help in quantifying the progression of sepsis, which is crucial for adjusting treatment plans.
- This tool relies on user input for accurate data entry, which could lead to errors in score calculation.
- The tool does not replace clinical judgment and should be used in conjunction with other diagnostic methods and laboratory tests.
- The qSOFA and SOFA scores are not definitive diagnostic tools for sepsis; they are indicators of organ dysfunction severity and risk of mortality.
- The use of SOFA scores is based on clinical research that has validated its utility in predicting mortality and organ failure in septic patients. See The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure for the paper where the score came from and Serial evaluation of the SOFA score to predict outcome in critically ill patients for one of the papers that validated it.
- The qSOFA score is a simplified version validated for quick assessment without the need for laboratory tests.
The app was created to address the critical need for rapid assessment of organ failure and sepsis risk in ICU patients. Recognizing the high stakes of timely and accurate diagnosis, the app aims to provide a user-friendly tool that can support clinical judgment and enhance the speed of intervention.
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Warning: Not intended for clinical use. Assume outputs are unsafe and unvalidated. Use carefully.
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