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The purpose of this study was to validate the SIL score as a tool for estimating the probability of sepsis in-hospital mortality from the triage room in emergency departments. Additionally, the advantages of the SIL score were evaluated in comparison with NEWS and SOFA. Methods: All of the patients with suspected sepsis were prospectively recruited from the triage room in an emergency department. The SIL score, as well as other evaluation scales, were calculated for these patients. The sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and areas under the curve (AUC) of each scale were assessed to predict mortality. Results: This study included 315 patients. The total mortality of the cohort was 20.4%. Of the total population, 35.5% were in septic shock. The SIL, NEWS, and SOFA scores had similar sensitivities, approximately 60%; however, a higher specificity was documented in the SIL score over the other scales (67%). The SIL score demonstrated superior discriminatory ability compared to the NEWS and SOFA scores (AUC = 0.754, p = 0.01). Conclusions: The SIL score proved to be a useful tool for predicting in-hospital mortality due to sepsis. Its discriminatory ability surpasses that of other evaluated scales. 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