Performance Assessment of the Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis Score, Modified Early Warning Score, Rapid Emergency Medicine Score, and Rapid Acute Physiology Score in Predicting Survival Outcomes of Adult Renal Abscess Patients in the Emergency Department

Table 4

Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) scoring system.

Variable	Points
Terminal illness^1	6
Age > 65 years	3
Tachypnea or hypoxia^2	3
Septic shock	3
Platelet count < 150 × 10^9/L	3
Band > 5%	3
Lower respiratory infection	2
Nursing home resident	2
Altered mental status^3	2

as disease condition with >50% likelihood of predicted fatality within 30 days or metastatic cancer. as respiratory rate > 20 breaths/min or requiring oxygen by mask or SpO₂ < 90%. as any difference from the patient’s baseline in any of the three spheres of orientation or in their level of alertness.