Comparative Study for the Validity of Various Severity Scoring System

Aswan University Hospital200 enrolled

Overview

Scoring systems for use in intensive care unit (ICU) patients have been introduced and developed over the last 30 years. They allow an assessment of the severity of disease and provide an estimate of in-hospital mortality

Severity scoring systems that are commonly used in critical care settings include Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE), which was developed in the 1980s for predicting mortality, Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS), and Mortality Probability Model (MPM). Although these scoring systems use different variables and weights for the classification of disease severity, they commonly monitor parameters such as heart rate, blood pressure, neurological state, and clinical data as these factors significantly deviate from physiological normality in the progression of critical disease. Old age and chronic disease are also captured by the scoring systems. Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, which is based on organ failure over time to evaluate morbidity and multiple organ dysfunction is also used.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Head Trauma Polytrauma Pre-Eclampsia Sepsis Septic Shock

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 16 YearsMax age: 80 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * newly admitted patients to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit with head trauma multiple trauma craniotomy sepsis preeclampsia - eclampsia postop. for vascular surgery Exclusion Criteria: less than 16 years old, readmitted to the ICU during the study period as only the first admission will be considered, ICU length of stay (LOS) less than 24 h

Locations (1)

Huda Fahmy

Aswān, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) IV

Time frame: the first 24 hours after ICU admission

Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS III)

Time frame: the first 24 hours after ICU admission

Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score

Time frame: the first 24 hours after ICU admission

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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