Table 1 The original Shapiro score and decision rule to identify patients in need of blood culture testing. Modified from [15]
From: Early prediction of blood stream infection in a prospectively collected cohort
Major criteria | Minor criteria (1 point) |
|---|---|
Suspected endocarditis (2 points) | Age > 65 years |
Temperature > 39.4 °C (103.0 °F) (3 points) | Temperature 38.3–39.3 °C |
Indwelling vascular catheter (3 points) | Chills |
Hypotension (Systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg) | |
White blood cell count > 18,000 cells/mm3 | |
Platelets < 150,000 cells/mm3 | |
Creatinine > 2 mg/dL | |
Band percentage > 5%a |