Effectiveness of the National Early Warning Score in the diagnosis of sepsis as defined by Sepsis-3 criteria in cancer patients

The third international consensus definition of sepsis (Sepsis-3) recommends the quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) screening tool in patients with suspected infection. The Early Warning Score (EWS) helps to estimate mortality risk in emergency patients. The National EWS (NEWS) is a bedside score of six routine vital parameters. Few studies have compared qSOFA and NEWS in detecting suspected sepsis in cancer patients, so we...