Efficiency of SOFA scoring system on predicting mortality rate and stay length in intensive care unit for patients of Al-Zahra hospital of Isfahan

Author	mahbobeh mohammady	en
Issued Date	2013-02-28	en
Abstract	Background and Objective: ICU patients are needy to medical and nursing services. According to Global estimates, the mortality rate is high in these wards because of deterioration of the patient and the severity of the disease. So the grading systems are designed to predict recovery, mortality rate and classifying of these patients. The SOFA scoring system is one of these scoring systems. So, this study was conducted to determine the efficiency of SOFA scoring system in predicting of mortality rate and stay length in intensive care unit for patients of alzahra hospital in Isfahan. Materials and Method: This descriptive study was conducted on 107 patients in intensive care unit of Al-Zahra Hospital in 2012 during a 4-month period through convenience sampling. The instruments for data gathering consisted of demographic information form and SOFA check list. For data analysis independent t-test and Pearson correlation were used. Results: The findings showed that there is significant difference between SOFA score at the beginning of admission and death of patient and between the SOFA score on the following days and mortality rate (P	en
DOI	https://doi.org/	en
Keyword	SOFA	en
Keyword	intensive care unit	en
Keyword	mortality rate	en
Keyword	stay length	en
Publisher	Brieflands	en
Title	Efficiency of SOFA scoring system on predicting mortality rate and stay length in intensive care unit for patients of Al-Zahra hospital of Isfahan	en
Type	Abstract	en

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