Electronic Sepsis Screening Among Hospital Ward Patients
To the Editor In the Stepped-wedge Cluster Randomized Trial of Electronic Early Notification of Sepsis in Hospitalized Ward Patients (SCREEN) trial, the authors concluded that electronic sepsis screening compared with no screening reduced 90-day mortality in hospitalized patients. While the top-line conclusions are statistically valid, we would highlight 2 additional and related interpretations.
To the Editor In the Stepped-wedge Cluster Randomized Trial of Electronic Early Notification of Sepsis in Hospitalized Ward Patients (SCREEN) trial, the authors concluded that electronic sepsis screening compared with no screening reduced 90-day mortality in hospitalized patients. While the top-line conclusions are statistically valid, we would highlight 2 additional and related interpretations.
