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October 10, 2001JAMA2,952 citations

Serial Evaluation of the SOFA Score to Predict Outcome in Critically Ill Patients

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FFFlávio Lopes FerreiraUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Key Points

  • To assess whether sequential evaluation of organ dysfunction using the SOFA score during the initial days of intensive care admission reliably predicts patient mortality.
  • Tracked serial SOFA scores over the first few days following intensive care unit admission.

Structured PICO

Does serial evaluation of the SOFA score predict mortality in critically ill ICU patients?

P
Population
Critically ill patients admitted to the ICU
I
Intervention
Serial evaluation of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score during the first few days of ICU admission
O
Outcome
Prognosis and mortality ratehard clinical

Serial assessment of the SOFA score, particularly an increase during the first 48 hours, is a strong prognostic indicator for mortality in critically ill patients.

Abstract

Sequential assessment of organ dysfunction during the first few days of ICU admission is a good indicator of prognosis. Both the mean and highest SOFA scores are particularly useful predictors of outcome. Independent of the initial score, an increase in SOFA score during the first 48 hours in the ICU predicts a mortality rate of at least 50%.

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Flávio Lopes Ferreira (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56c5e75589c71d767cdd8https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.286.14.1754
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