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Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score

The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, introduced by Vincent and Moreno in 1996, is a 24-point daily assessment tool that quantifies organ dysfunction across six physiological systems in critically ill patients. It was adopted into the 2016 Sepsis-3 definitions and is now the international standard for identifying and grading sepsis-related organ failure.

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Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / clinical-assessment
  • Vincent, J. L., Moreno, R., Takala, J., et al. (1996). The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfuncti on/failure. Intensive Care Medicine, 22(7), 707-710. · DOI 10.1007/BF01709751
  • Singer, M., Deutschman, C. S., Seymour, C. W., et al. (2016). The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3). JAMA, 315(8), 801-810. · DOI 10.1001/jama.2016.0287
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