Title: Performance of SOFA Score in Patients with Sepsis and Related Syndromes Admitted to Medical ICU
Authors: Sri Sai Venkata Haritha Putrevu, Satish Sreenivas.P, Tirumala Rao M.V.V, Vagdevi.K, Hanok Hruday Mohan.Y, Deepthi.M
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i1.24
Abstract
Introduction: Sepsis with multi organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is a common cause of Intensive Care Unit mortality and morbidity. Scoring systems helps to quantify the disease severity probability of mortality in hospital. But, this study focuses mainly on Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score.
Patients and Methods: 50 patients admitted with a diagnosis of Sepsis were included in the study.
Results: Among 50 patients, 18 patients died and 32 patients survived.various parameters of SOFA score were assessed among survivors and Non- survivors.
Conclusion: Daily measurement of SOFA score during first week is useful tool in predicting the outcome. The trend of SOFA score was progressively declining in survivors while non-survivors had stable higher score during thefirst week.
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