Predictive Value of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score for Mortality in a Contemporary Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Population

Predictive Value of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score for Mortality in a Contemporary Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Population

BackgroundOptimal methods of mortality risk stratification in patients in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) remain uncertain. We evaluated the ability of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score to predict mortality in a large cohort of unselected patients in the CICU. Methods and R...

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Main Authors: Jacob C. Jentzer, Courtney Bennett, Brandon M. Wiley, Dennis H. Murphree, Mark T. Keegan, Ognjen Gajic, R. Scott Wright, Gregory W. Barsness
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score
cardiac critical care
cardiac intensive care unit
critical care
intensive cardiac care unit
intensive care unit
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.008169

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