The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score: has the time come for an update?

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Moreno, R; Rhodes, A; Piquilloud, L; Hernandez, G; Takala, J; Gershengorn, HB; Tavares, M; Coopersmith, CM; Myatra, SN; Singer, M; et al. Moreno, R; Rhodes, A; Piquilloud, L; Hernandez, G; Takala, J; Gershengorn, HB; Tavares, M; Coopersmith, CM; Myatra, SN; Singer, M; Rezende, E; Prescott, HC; Soares, M; Timsit, J-F; de Lange, DW; Jung, C; De Waele, JJ; Martin, GS; Summers, C; Azoulay, E; Fujii, T; McLean, AS; Vincent, J-L (2023) The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score: has the time come for an update? Crit Care, 27 (1). p. 15. ISSN 1466-609X https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04290-9
SGUL Authors: Rhodes, Andrew

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Abstract

The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score was developed more than 25 years ago to provide a simple method of assessing and monitoring organ dysfunction in critically ill patients. Changes in clinical practice over the last few decades, with new interventions and a greater focus on non-invasive monitoring systems, mean it is time to update the SOFA score. As a first step in this process, we propose some possible new variables that could be included in a SOFA 2.0. By so doing, we hope to stimulate debate and discussion to move toward a new, properly validated score that will be fit for modern practice.

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Keywords:

Humans, Organ Dysfunction Scores, Critical Illness, Prognosis, Multiple Organ Failure, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, Emergency & Critical Care Medicine

SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre:

Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS)

Journal or Publication Title:

Crit Care

ISSN:

1466-609X

Language:

eng

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