Table 1 The severity of disease classification systems (or risk scores) most frequently used to evaluate the severity of ICU patients
Score | Patients | Endpoint | Measure | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Acute Physiolosy and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) | All ICU patients | Hospital mortality | Within 24 h of ICU admission | Knauss WA, 1981, 1985 and 1991[67–69], Zimmerman JE 2006 [70] |
Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) | All ICU patients | 28-day mortality | Once, at 24Â h after ICU admission | |
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) | All ICU patients | ICU mortality | Daily | Vincent JL, 1996 [51] |
Multiple Organ Dysfunction (MOD) score | All ICU patients | ICU and hospital mortality | Daily | Marshall J, 1995 [72] |
McCabe Classification | Infective patients | Hospital mortality | At admission | McCabe WR, 1962 [52] |
Sabadell Score | All ICU patients | Hospital mortality | At discharge | Fernandez R, 2006 [73] |
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) | Traumatic brain injury | Quantify level of consciousness | Daily | Teasdale GM, 1974 [53] |
Confusion Assessment method for the ICU CAM-ICU) | All ICU patients | Identify delirium | Daily | Ely EW, 2001 [54] |
Injury Severity Score (ISS) | Trauma patients | Hospital mortality | At admission | Baker SP, 1974 |
Trauma Score | Trauma patients | Hospital mortality | At admission | Champion HR, 1981 |
Lung Injury Score (Murray Score) | Lung injured patients | Quantify the severity of lung injury | Daily | Murray JF, 1988 |