The early change of SOFA score as a prognostic marker of 28-day sepsis mortality: analysis through a derivation and a validation cohort

Abstract Background Since the Sepsis-3 criteria, change in Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score has become a key component of sepsis identification. Thus, it could be argued that reversal of this change (ΔSOFA) may reflect sepsis response and could be used as measure of efficacy in inter...

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Main Authors: Eleni Karakike, Evdoxia Kyriazopoulou, Iraklis Tsangaris, Christina Routsi, Jean-Louis Vincent, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-019-2665-5