Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score for predicting mortality in patients with sepsis in Vietnamese intensive care units: a multicentre, cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the accuracy of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) Scores in predicting mortality among intensive care unit (ICU) patients with sepsis in a low-income and middle-income country.

Design

A multicentre, cross-sectional study.

Setting

A total of 15 adult ICUs throughout Vietnam.

Participants

We included all patients aged ≥18 years who were admitted to ICUs for sepsis and who were still in ICUs from 00:00 to 23:59 of the specified study days (ie, 9 January, 3 April, 3 July and 9 October of the year 2019).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was hospital all-cause mortality (hospital mortality). We also defined the secondary outcome as all

SUBMITTER: Do SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10016261 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature