A bedside severity score that quantifies acute illness in patients being evaluated in the setting of bacteremia.
INSTRUCTIONS
Confirm the patient is being evaluated for bacteremia, then enter temperature, blood pressure and hypotension features, mechanical ventilation status, cardiac arrest status, and mental state. The score is the sum of all assigned points.
Are you assessing a patient with bacteremia?*
Body temperature*Enter the patient's body temperature.
Is the patient receiving mechanical ventilation?*
Has the patient had a cardiac arrest?*
Systolic blood pressure*Enter the current systolic blood pressure.
mm Hg
Is the patient receiving intravenous vasopressors?*
Has the patient had an acute hypotensive episode (drop in SBP >30 mm Hg with drop in DBP >20 mm Hg)?*
