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ISSN - Electrónico: 2661-6947 / DOI: 10.36015 • LILACS BIREME (19784); LATINDEX (20666)
Introduction: Sepsis is a public health issue. Worldwide, it is estimated that 31.5 million new cases occur annually, which means an increase in the cost of health systems and a high mortality of these patients in the Intensive Care Units-ICU. There are some scales and methods to describe the severity of the disease that can predict the result of medical care for patients in critical condition like the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score. Several studies indicate and support its use as a predictor of death within 30 days. The objective of this study to assess the performance of the SOFA score in a teaching hospital, in three instances: at admission to the ICU, and after 48 and 96 hours, in order to predict mortality in critical care patients with the diagnosis of septicemia in a teaching hospital. Methods: Cases series with ICU patients at a tertiary hospital from Guayaquil city. SOFA score was assessed and ROC curves obtained. Results: The study included 100 patients, the median age of the group was 65.3 years; the death rate was 56% and the median hospital stay was 21.2 days. In the COR-SOFA curve, the death rate corresponds to the area below the SOFA curve. On admission, the SOFA score was: 0.62, then after 48 and 96 hours, the SOFA score was 0.74 and 0.79, respectively. The positive predictive value was 81.8% [IC 95 %: 68.0 - 90.5]. Discussion: The SOFA score is a predictive tool for mortality in sepsis that has been validated in several studies, however, in our case series we determined that sensitivity and specificity was not conclusive. We find that SOFA score at 96 hours has a better sensitivity and specificity than earlier measurements.
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