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
Table 1
SOFA, qSOFA, and SIRS scores of survivors and non-survivors.
Scoresa
Cohort (n = 194)
Survivors (n = 159)
Non-survivors (n = 35)
valueb
At admission
Total SOFA
3.3 ± 3.21 (2.31)
2.4 ± 2.2 (1.9)
7.4 ± 3.84 (7.5)
<0.001
Respiratory SOFA
1.3 ± 1.04 (1.27)
1.2 ± 0.93 (1.17)
1.9 ± 1.28 (1.88)
0.002
Coagulation SOFA
0.2 ± 0.53 (0.14)
0.1 ± 0.44 (0.1)
0.4 ± 0.78 (0.32)
0.003
Hepatic SOFA
0.3 ± 0.71 (0.22)
0.3 ± 0.63 (0.18)
0.6 ± 0.95 (0.41)
0.018
Cardiovascular SOFA
0.7 ± 1.38 (0.25)
0.4 ± 1.13 (0.15)
1.8 ± 1.83 (1)
<0.001
CNS SOFA
0.4 ± 0.88 (0.22)
0.1 ± 0.4 (0.1)
1.5 ± 1.48 (1.08)
<0.001
Renal SOFA
0.5 ± 1.01 (0.31)
0.3 ± 0.81 (0.22)
1.3 ± 1.41 (0.95)
<0.001
qSOFA ≥ 2
11 (5.7%)
4 (2.5%)
7 (20%)
0.001
SIRS ≥ 2
73 (37.6%)
60 (37.7%)
13 (37.1%)
0.948
During the ICU stay
Mean SOFA
3.2 ± 3.37 (2.01)
2 ± 1.53 (1.62)
8.9 ± 3.64 (9.89)
<0.001
Maximum SOFA
4.5 ± 4.32 (2.86)
2.9 ± 2.36 (2.4)
11.9 ± 3.53 (12.25)
<0.001
Delta SOFA
0.0685 ± 1.87 (0.0)
−0.330 ± 1.55 (0.0)
1.55 ± 2.22 (1.0)
<0.001
aScores are presented as mean ± SD (median) or count (percent). b values ≤0.05 are in bold.
