Quick-SOFA score ≥ 2 predicts prolonged hospital stay in geriatric patients with influenza infection

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine 2020-04, Vol.38 (4), p.780-784
• Main Authors: Yeh, Chien-Chun, Chen, Yen-An, Hsu, Chien-Chin, Chen, Jiann-Hwa, Chen, Wei-Lung, Huang, Chien-Cheng, Chung, Jui-Yuan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Blood pressure; Demography; Emergency department; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Epidemics; Geriatric; Geriatrics; Hospitals; Influenza; Mortality; Nosocomial infections; Patients; Prediction; Prolonged length of stay; qSOFA score; Sepsis; Statistical analysis; Variables
• ISSN: 0735-6757; 1532-8171
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.06.041

The quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score was designed to predict mortality among sepsis patients. However, it has never been used to identify prolonged length of hospital stay (pLOS) in geriatric patients with influenza infection. We conducted this study to clarify this issue. We conducted a retrospective case-control study, including geriatric patients (aged ≥ 65 years) with influenza infection visiting the emergency department (ED) of a medical center between January 01, 2010 and December 31, 2015. The included patients were divided into two groups on the basis of their qSOFA score: qSOFA 9 days) via logistic regression. Four hundred and nine geriatric patients were included in this study with a mean age of 79.5 (standard deviation [SD], 8.3) years. The median length of stay (LOS) was 7.0 (interquartile range [IQR], 4–12) days, while the rate of pLOS (> 9 days) was 32%. The median LOS in the qSOFA ≥ 2 group, 11.0 (7–15) days, was longer than the qSOFA