Meeting abstracts from the 7th Danish Emergency Medicine Conference

A1 QuickSOFA is an independent predictor of 30-day mortality among patients admitted to an emergency department with suspected or documented infection Osama Bin Abdullah1, Johannes Grand1, Astha Sijapati1, Petrine Nimskov1, Finn Erland Nielsen1,2 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark; 2Department of Clinical Research and Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark Correspondence: Finn Erland Nielsen (fien@regionsjaelland.dk) Background Definitions and clinical criteria for sepsis have been revised in 2016. A simple bedside score (‘qSOFA’, for quick Sequential [Sepsis-Related] Organ Failure Assessment) has been proposed, which incorporates hypotension (systolic blood pressure ≤100 mmHg), altered mental status and respiratory rate ≥ 22/min: the presence of at least two of these criteria has been associated with poor outcomes typical of sepsis. A3 Acutely admitted medical patients have increasing one-year mortality with increasing age, a follow up study Marianne Fløjstrup1, Mikkel Brabrand2,3,4 1Department of anaesthesiology, Vejle Sygehus, Vejle, Denmark; 2Medical Admission Unit 272, Hospital of South West Jutland, Esbjerg, Denmark; 3Emergency Department, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 4Institute of Regional Health, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark Correspondence: Marianne Fløjstrup (flojstrup1@hotmail.com) Background The majority of patients admitted to a medical admission unit are old. Methods The project was conducted in five departments (i.e. emergency department, cardiology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, and rheumatology) at Odense University Hospital, Svendborg, in the period 1st of April 2016 to 30th of April 2016.