Prognostic Accuracy of qSOFA and SIRS for Mortality in the Emergency Department: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Prospective Studies

Table 1

Characteristics of included articles.

First author	Publication year	Study location	No. of patients	No. of deaths	Participant selection	Mean/median age (years)
Abdullah	2021	Denmark	2045	158	With suspected infection	73.2
Askim	2017	Norway	1535	26	With suspected infection	62
Azijli	2021	The Netherlands	1328	62	With suspected infection	62.6
Boillat-Blanco	2018	Tanzania	519	32	With fever	30
Castillo	2017	Spain	1071	72	Older patients with suspected infection	83.6
Freund	2017	France	879	74	With suspected infection	67
George	2019	USA	713	36	With pneumonia	61
Graham	2020	China	1253	71	None	72
Henning	2017	USA	7637	333	With suspected infection	56.9
Loritz	2020	Germany	1668	52	Patients of any nontraumatic cause	63
Oduncu	2021	Turkey	463	84	With suspected infection	63
Ranzani	2017	Spain	6024	442	With a clinical diagnosis of CAP	66
Schmedding	2019	Gabon	187	11	With an infectious diagnosis	38
Sinto	2020	Indonesia	1213	421	With suspected infection	51
Williams	2017	Australia	8871	327	With suspected infection	49
Yeşil	2021	Turkey	350	84	With suspected infection	63

CAP, community-acquired pneumonia.