qSOFA bedside screen for sepsis with poor outcome
RAS
Two or more points flags higher risk of death and prompts urgent assessment.
A prompt for risk, not a diagnostic test, and not sensitive enough to rule sepsis out.
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RAS. It helps you recall: qSOFA bedside screen for sepsis with poor outcome.
Respiratory rate 22 per minute or more
Altered mentation
Systolic blood pressure 100 mmHg or less
R: Respiratory rate 22 per minute or more; A: Altered mentation; S: Systolic blood pressure 100 mmHg or less.
It belongs to Emergency and critical care in General Medicine.
A prompt for risk, not a diagnostic test, and not sensitive enough to rule sepsis out.
Two or more points flags higher risk of death and prompts urgent assessment.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a General Medicine question about Emergency and critical care.
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