Assessment of the performance of the SAPS 3, SAPS II, and APACHE II prognostic models in a surgical ICU

Objective: There is limited data to determine the performance of general and specific severity score in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. Hence, we compared the performance of the OHCA score with Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) and Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) to predict outcome in OHCA patients.Material and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in a mixed intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. The secondary outcome was poor neurological outcome.Results: A total of 190 OHCA patients were enrolled. The OHCA score had moderate discrimination with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) 0.77 (95% CI 0.7-0.837) whereas discrimination of APACHE II-IV, SAPS II, and SAPS 3 were good with an AUC more than 0.8. The actual hospital mortality rate was 64.7%. The OHCA score predicted hospital mortality of 95.3±8.4, which significantly overestimated the mortality with standardized mortality ratio 0.68 (95% CI 0.56-0.81). However, all severity scores revealed poor calibration. Additionally, overall performance of APACHE II-IV, SAPS II and SAPS 3 were better than the OHCA score. For secondary outcome, discrimination of the OHCA score was moderate with an AUC 0.790 (95% CI 0.700-0.878) whereas other severity scores demonstrated good discrimination with AUC more than 0.8.Conclusion: APACHE II-IV, SAPS II, and SAPS 3 indicated superior overall performance and demonstrated good discrimination for predicting hospital mortality and unfavorable neurological consequence better than the OHCA score. However, all severity scores attested poor calibration, therefore, specific scores for OHCA patients should be modified.

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External validation of the SAPS II, APACHE II and APACHE III prognostic models in South England: a multicentre study

Intensive Care Medicine ◽

10.1007/s00134-002-1607-9 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 249-256 ◽

Cited By ~ 81

Author(s):

Dieter H. Beck ◽

Gary B. Smith ◽

John V. Pappachan ◽

Brian Millar

Keyword(s):

Multicentre Study ◽

External Validation ◽

Apache Ii ◽

Prognostic Models ◽

Saps Ii ◽

Apache Iii

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Prognostic Scores and Azole-Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in Invasive Aspergillosis from an Indian Respiratory Medicine ICU (ICU Patients with IA Suspicion)

Journal of Fungi ◽

10.3390/jof7110991 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (11) ◽

pp. 991

Author(s):

Yubhisha Dabas ◽

Anant Mohan ◽

Immaculata Xess

Keyword(s):

Invasive Aspergillosis ◽

Aspergillus Fumigatus ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Apache Ii ◽

Prognostic Scores ◽

Respiratory Medicine ◽

Prognostic Models ◽

Patient Treatment ◽

Saps Ii

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of three general prognostic models (APACHE II, SAPS II, and SOFA) with serum galactomannan antigen in a clinically suspected invasive aspergillosis (IA) subpopulation admitted to a respiratory medicine ICU and to identify azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus (ARAF) cases. Methodology and Results: A total of 235 clinically suspected IA patients were prospectively enrolled and observed 30-day mortality was 29.7%. The three general models showed poor discrimination assessed by area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves (AUCs, <0.7) and good calibration (p = 0.92, 0.14, and 0.13 for APACHE II, SAPS II, and SOFA, respectively), evaluated using Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit tests. However, discrimination was significantly better with galactomannan values (AUC, 0.924). In-vitro antifungal testing revealed higher minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for 12/34 isolates (35.3%) whereas azole resistance was noted in 40% of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates (6/15) with two hotspot cyp51A mutations, G54R and P216L. Conclusions: Patients diagnosed with putative and probable IA (71.4% and 34.6%, respectively), had high mortality. The general prognostic model APACHE II seemed fairly accurate for this subpopulation. However, the use of local GM cut-offs calculated for mortality, may help the intensivists in prompt initiation or change of therapy for better outcome of patients. In addition, the high MICs highlight the need of antifungal surveillance to know the local resistance rate which might aid in patient treatment.

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Outcome Prediction in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation—A Retrospective International Multicenter Study

Membranes ◽

10.3390/membranes11030170 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 170

Author(s):

Alexander Supady ◽

Jeff DellaVolpe ◽

Fabio Silvio Taccone ◽

Dominik Scharpf ◽

Matthias Ulmer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ◽

The United States ◽

Apache Ii ◽

Apache Ii Score ◽

Survival Prediction ◽

Study Cohort ◽

Additional Tool ◽

Saps Ii ◽

Membrane Oxygenation ◽

International Multicenter

The role of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy (V-V ECMO) in severe COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is still under debate and conclusive data from large cohorts are scarce. Furthermore, criteria for the selection of patients that benefit most from this highly invasive and resource-demanding therapy are yet to be defined. In this study, we assess survival in an international multicenter cohort of COVID-19 patients treated with V-V ECMO and evaluate the performance of several clinical scores to predict 30-day survival. Methods: This is an investigator-initiated retrospective non-interventional international multicenter registry study (NCT04405973, first registered 28 May 2020). In 127 patients treated with V-V ECMO at 15 centers in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, and the United States, we calculated the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II), Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) Score, Respiratory Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Survival Prediction (RESP) Score, Predicting Death for Severe ARDS on V‑V ECMO (PRESERVE) Score, and 30-day survival. Results: In our study cohort which enrolled 127 patients, overall 30-day survival was 54%. Median SOFA, SAPS II, APACHE II, RESP, and PRESERVE were 9, 36, 17, 1, and 4, respectively. The prognostic accuracy for all these scores (area under the receiver operating characteristic—AUROC) ranged between 0.548 and 0.605. Conclusions: The use of scores for the prediction of mortality cannot be recommended for treatment decisions in severe COVID-19 ARDS undergoing V-V ECMO; nevertheless, scoring results below or above a specific cut-off value may be considered as an additional tool in the evaluation of prognosis. Survival rates in this cohort of COVID-19 patients treated with V‑V ECMO were slightly lower than those reported in non-COVID-19 ARDS patients treated with V-V ECMO.

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EVALUATION OF APACHE II, SAPS II, MPM II, AND MEDS FOR THE PROGNOSTICATION OF SEVERE SEPSIS OR SEPTIC SHOCK IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

Critical Care Medicine ◽

10.1097/00003246-200612002-00007 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. A2 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thomas Cho ◽

H Bryant Nguyen ◽

Sean R Hayes ◽

Laura Leistiko ◽

Renee Schroetlin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Emergency Department ◽

Septic Shock ◽

Severe Sepsis ◽

Apache Ii ◽

Saps Ii

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Evaluation of single intensive care unit performance in Croatia using APACHE II and SAPS II systems

European Journal of Anaesthesiology ◽

10.1097/00003643-200505001-00610 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 22 (Supplement 34) ◽

pp. 169

Author(s):

K. Desa ◽

Z. Zupan ◽

B. Krstulovic ◽

V. Golubovic ◽

A. Sustic

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Apache Ii ◽

Saps Ii ◽

Unit Performance

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¿Es el Score SOFA un predictor adecuado para evaluar la mortalidad materna?

Revista Peruana de Investigación Materno Perinatal ◽

10.33421/inmp.2020213 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 10-11

Author(s):

Joseph Alburqueque Melgarejo ◽

Juan Carlos Roque Quezada

Keyword(s):

Apache Ii ◽

Saps Ii

Estimado señor editor: Luego de haber leído con interés el artículo “Utilidad del score SOFA en la predicción de muerte materna en la UCI materna del INMP” por De la Peña Meniz Walter et al. publicado en el Volumen 9 número 3 de la Revista Peruana de Investigación Materno Perinatal, el cual consideramos un estudio de suma relevancia en el campo de la Gineco-Obstetricia y la Medicina Intensivista; y teniendo en cuenta la alta tasa de mortalidad materna en el Perú; quisiéramos mencionar algunos aspectos que deberían considerarse para posteriores estudios. Actualmente no existe un score específico para predecir la mortalidad materna en pacientes obstétricas en la UCI. Sin embargo, a pesar de que no hay muchos estudios al respecto, el score SOFA es el que ha presentado los mejores resultados en contraste con otros scores para valorar mortalidad. Esto puede verse ilustrado en el hecho de que otros scores como el APACHE II o el SAPS II sobreestiman la mortalidad materna, este no es el caso del score SOFA 1-3 . Por otro lado, es de relevancia señalar las características del score SOFA que hacen que sea un score confiable para la estimación de la variable mortalidad materna, en comparación con otros scores de mortalidad. Una de ellas reside en el hecho de las variables que evalúa el score SOFA que, a diferencia de otros scores, no presentan modificaciones considerables en el estado fisiológico del embarazo. Sin embargo, el score SOFA también algunas variables que si podrían modificarse con este estado fisiológico, estas son las siguientes: presión arterial media, niveles de creatinina sérica y conteo de plaquetas. Además, el score SOFA considera variables que pueden ser evaluadas en estancias de escasos recursos, a diferencia de otros scores1,4 . Aunque existen varios subtipos de score SOFA, que tienen diferentes utilidades. En el presente estudio se valoró el score SOFA en la admisión y a las 48h del ingreso. Con la presencia de estas dos mediciones hubiera sido interesante el cálculo del delta SOFA, el cual se obtiene del cambio entre el score SOFA total en la admisión y en un punto definido en el tiempo. Esta sugerencia se sustenta en el hecho de que el delta SOFA tiene más confiabilidad para la evaluación de mortalidad en los ensayos clínicos 4,5 .Es importante también mencionar que la medida del score SOFA debe ser adecuada, puesto que errores al momento de su medición pueden conllevar a variabilidad en los resultados entre diferentes autores 4. Finalmente, mencionar que el score SOFA es un instrumento útil para evaluar la mortalidad materna, dada su superioridad en relación a otros scores previamente mencionados.

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Πρόγνωση ασθενών με κακοήθεια που εισάγονται στη μονάδα εντατικής θεραπείας

10.12681/eadd/35404 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Σουσάνα Ανίσογλου

Keyword(s):

Standard Deviation ◽

Performance Status ◽

T Test ◽

Apache Ii ◽

Saps Ii ◽

Student’S T ◽

Student’S T Test

ΣΚΟΠΟΣ: Η συλλογή, ανάλυση και επεξεργασία στοιχείων ογκολογικών ασθενών που νοσηλεύθηκαν στη Μονάδα Εντατικής Θεραπείας (Μ.Ε.Θ.) και η συσχέτισή τους με συγκεκριμένους πιθανούς παράγοντες κινδύνου .ΥΛΙΚΟ: Πρόκειται για μία προοπτική μελέτη παρατήρησης (prospective observational) σε δείγμα 125 ογκολογικών ασθενών που νοσηλεύθηκαν στη Μ.Ε.Θ. κατά την τελευταία διετία.ΜΕΘΟΔΟΣ: Αξιολογήθηκαν επιδημιολογικοί, κλινικοί και λειτουργικοί παράγοντες. Ειδικότερα ελέγχθηκαν η πρωτοπαθής νεοπλασματική νόσος, η ηλικία, η παρουσία στεφανιαίας νόσου, χρόνιας αποφρακτικής πνευμονοπάθειας, σακχαρώδους διαβήτη, νεφρικής ανεπάρκειας, ο δείκτης μάζας σώματος, η εφαρμογή χημειοθεραπείας ή και ακτινοθεραπείας, η διάρκεια νοσηλείας, τα score βαρύτητας (APACHE II, SAPS II, SOFA) και η έκβαση (εξιτήριο ή θάνατος) και έγιναν συσχετίσεις με τα προηγούμενα στοιχεία. Χρησιμοποιήθηκε το στατιστικό λογισμικό πακέτο SPSS 17.0 (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA) για Windows. Οι συνεχείς μεταβλητές παρουσιάζονται ως μέσοι όροι + τυπική απόκλιση (mean + standard deviation). Για τη σύγκριση των μέσων όρων μεταξύ δύο ομάδων έγινε χρήση του student’s t-test, εφόσον οι μεταβλητές ακολουθούσαν την κανονική κατανομή και του Mann-Whitney U test στην αντίθετη περίπτωση. Για την ανάδειξη συσχετίσεων μεταξύ ποιοτικών μεταβλητών έγινε χρήση του x2 test.ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ: Η θνητότητα ανήλθε στο 48.8%. Στατιστικά σημαντικοί παράγοντες κακής έκβασης κατά την εισαγωγή του ασθενούς στη ΜΕΘ ήταν τα score βαρύτητας (APACHE II, SAPS II, SOFA), το πτωχό performance status και τα συνυπάρχοντα σοβαρά νοσήματα. Στατιστικά σημαντικοί παράγοντες κακής έκβασης κατά τη διάρκεια νοσηλείας του ασθενούς στη Μ.Ε.Θ. ήταν η διάρκεια του μηχανικού αερισμού, η χρήση αγγειοσυσπαστικών, η πολυοργανική ανεπάρκεια και η σηπτική κατάσταση. Από τις εργαστηριακές εξετάσεις στατιστικά σημαντικές ήταν ο χαμηλός αριθμός αιμοπεταλίων και η θετική αιμοκαλλιέργεια. Ο στατιστικός έλεγχος αξιολόγησης κατά Hosmer Lemeshow παρά τον σχετικά μικρό αριθμό του δείγματος επιβεβαίωσε τη χρησιμότητα των APACHE II, SAPS II, SOFA ως προγνωστικών μοντέλων.ΣΥΜΠΕΡΑΣΜΑΤΑ: Η πρόγνωση ογκολογικών ασθενών που εισάγονται στη ΜΕΘ είναι μέτρια. Υπάρχουν σαφείς προγνωστικοί παράγοντες κινδύνου που μπορούν να συνθέσουν ένα είδος προγνωστικού μοντέλου, ωστόσο απαιτούνται περαιτέρω πολυκεντρικές μελέτες με προοπτικό χαρακτήρα σε μεγαλύτερο αριθμό ασθενών.

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