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Investigating the Utility of the SOFA Score and Creating a Modified SOFA Score for Predicting Mortality in the Intensive Care Units in a Tertiary Hospital in Jordan.

Anas Haidar Abu-HumaidanFatima M AhmadLaith S TheebAbdelrahman J SuliemanAbdelkader BattahAmjad M Bani-HaniMahmoud Abu Abeeleh
Published in: Critical care research and practice (2023)
SOFA score was a good predictor of mortality in a Jordanian ICU population and better than qSOFA, while SIRS could not predict mortality. Furthermore, the proposed mSOFA score which employed fewer laboratory tests could be used after validation from larger studies.
Keyphrases
  • intensive care unit
  • cardiovascular events
  • risk factors
  • mechanical ventilation
  • cardiovascular disease