The most commonly used disease severity scores are inappropriate for risk stratification of older emergency department sepsis patients: an observational multi-centre study

Table 2 Disease severity scores of patients <70 and ≥70 years of age

	Total cohort	<70 years	≥70 years
Disease severity scores
MEDS, median (IQR)	5 (3–8)	5 (2–6)	8 (6–11)
PIRO, median (IQR)	10 (5–14)	8 (4–12)	13 (9–16)
qSOFA, median (IQR)	1 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	1 (0–1)
Acute onset organ failure^a, median (IQR) [1] [n (%)]	0 (0–1) 592 (26)	0 (0–0) 344 (23.0)	0 (0–1) 248 (31.7)
MEWS, median (IQR)	5 (3–6)	4 (3–6)	5 (4–7)
NEWS, median (IQR)	6 (4–9)	6 (3–8)	8 (5–10)

^a= According to Dellinger [22]. Missing values are shown in parentheses for every variable
IQR interquartile range, qSOFA quick sepsis-related organ dysfunction assessment score, PIRO predisposition, infection, response, and organ dysfunction score, MEDS mortality in emergency department sepsis score, MEWS modified early warning score, NEWS national early warning score

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