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- Title
Serial Evaluation of the SOFA Score to Predict Outcome in Critically Ill Patients.
- Authors
Lopes Ferreira, Flavio; Peres Bota, Daliana; Bross, Annette; Melot, Christian; Vincent, Jean-Louis
- Abstract
Presents a study to determine the usefulness of repeated measurement using the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score for prediction of mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Design; Setting; Results; Conclusion that sequential assessment of organ dysfunction during the first few days of ICU admission is a good indicator of prognosis and SOFA scores are useful predictors of the outcome.
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2001, Vol 286, Issue 14, p1754
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1001/jama.286.14.1754