Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II Score and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score as Predictors for Severe Trauma Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
- Author:
Min A LEE
1
;
Kang Kook CHOI
;
Byungchul YU
;
Jae Jeong PARK
;
Youngeun PARK
;
Jihun GWAK
;
Jungnam LEE
;
Yang Bin JEON
;
Dae Sung MA
;
Gil Jae LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: APACHE II; intensive care units; mortality; multiple trauma; Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
- MeSH: APACHE; Cardiovascular System; Complement System Proteins; Critical Care; Critical Illness; Humans; Injury Severity Score; Intensive Care Units; Mortality; Multiple Trauma; Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate; Trauma Centers
- From:The Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2017;32(4):340-346
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: BACKGROUND: The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scoring system and the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scoring system are widely used for critically ill patients. We evaluated whether APACHE II score and SOFA score predict the outcome for trauma patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed trauma patients admitted to the ICU in a single trauma center between January 2014 and December 2015. The APACHE II score was figured out based on the data acquired from the first 24 hours of admission; the SOFA score was evaluated based on the first 3 days in the ICU. A total of 241 patients were available for analysis. Injury Severity score, APACHE II score, and SOFA score were evaluated. RESULTS: The overall survival rate was 83.4%. The non-survival group had a significantly high APACHE II score (24.1 ± 8.1 vs. 12.3 ± 7.2, P < 0.001) and SOFA score (7.7 ± 1.7 vs. 4.3 ± 1.9, P < 0.001) at admission. SOFA score had the highest areas under the curve (0.904). During the first 3 days, SOFA score remained high in the non-survival group. In the non-survival group, cardiovascular system, neurological system, renal system, and coagulation system scores were significantly higher. CONCLUSIONS: In ICU trauma patients, both SOFA and APACHE II scores were good predictors of outcome, with the SOFA score being the most effective. In trauma ICU patients, the trauma scoring system should be complemented, recognizing that multi-organ failure is an important factor for mortality.
