Performance in mortality prediction of SAPS 3 And MPM-III scores among adult patients admitted to the ICU of a private tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Illness predictive scoring systems are significant and meaningful adjuncts of patient management in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). They assist in predicting patient outcomes, improve clinical decision making and provide insight into the effectiveness of care and management of patients while optimizing the use of hospital resources. We evaluated mortality predictive performance of Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS 3) and Mortality Probability Models (MPM₀-III) and compared their performance in predicting outcome as well as identifying disease pattern and factors associated with increased mortality.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study of adult patients admitted to the ICU of the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar- es- Salaam, Tanzania between August 2

SUBMITTER: Kassam N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8603815 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature