Boston—Using the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score to assess sepsis in women during birth can lead to an unacceptably high rate of false negatives, according to a study presented at the 2016 annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP; abstract 01-03).
“SIRS (systemic inflammatory response syndrome) criteria and Maternal Early Warning Criteria (MEWC) better identify impending severe sepsis, compared with the quick SOFA