The SOFA Score to Evaluate Organ Failure and Prognosis in the Intensive Care Unit Patients

중환자실에 입원한 환자의 장기부전 및 예후 평가를 위한 SOFA 점수체계의 의의

  • Kim, Su Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university) ;
  • Lee, Myung Goo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university) ;
  • Park, Sang Myeon (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university) ;
  • Park, Young Bum (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university) ;
  • Jang, Seung Hun (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university) ;
  • Kim, Cheol Hong (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university) ;
  • Jeon, Man Jo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university) ;
  • Shin, Tae Rim (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university) ;
  • Eom, Kwang Seok (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university) ;
  • Hyun, In-Gyu (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university) ;
  • Jung, Ki-Suck (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university) ;
  • Lee, Seung-Joon (Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital)
  • 김수호 (한림대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이명구 (한림대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 박상면 (한림대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 박용범 (한림대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 장승훈 (한림대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김철홍 (한림대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 전만조 (한림대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 신태림 (한림대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 엄광석 (한림대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 현인규 (한림대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 정기석 (한림대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이승준 (강원대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Received : 2004.05.31
  • Accepted : 2004.08.17
  • Published : 2004.10.30

Abstract

Background : The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score can help to assess organ failure over time and is useful to evaluate morbidity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of SOFA score as a descriptor of multiple organ failure in critically ill patients in a local unit hospital, and to compare with APACHE III scoring system. Methods : This study was carried out prospectively. A total of ninety one patients were included who admitted to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) in Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital from May 1 through June 30, 2000. We excluded patients with a length of stay in the ICU less than 2 days following scheduled procedure, admissions for ECG monitoring, other department and patients transferred to other hospital. The SOFA score and APACHE III score were calculated on admission and then consecutively every 24 hours until ICU discharge. Results : The ICU mortality rate was 20%. The non-survivors had a higher SOFA score within 24 hours after admission. The number of organ failure was associated with increased mortality. The evaluation of a subgroup of 74 patients who stayed in the ICU for at least 48 hours showed that survivors and non-survivors followed a different course. In this subgroup, the total SOFA score increased in 81% of the non-survivors but in only 21% of the survivors. Conversely, the total SOFA score decreased in 48% of the survivors compared with 6% of the non-survivors. The non-survivors also had a higher APACHE III score within 24 hours and there was a correlation between SOFA score and APACHE III score. Conclusion : The SOFA score is a simple, but effective method to assess organ failure and to predict mortality in critically ill patients. Regular and repeated scoring enables patient's condition and clinical course to be monitored and better understood. The SOFA score well correlates with APACHE III score.

연구 배경 : 중환자의 예후를 예측할 수 있는 지표로 현재까지 APACHE II, III 점수체계와 SAPS 등이 임상에 응용되고 있다. 1996년 유럽에서 SOFA 점수체계가 제안되었고 1998년 다기관 전향적 연구를 통하여 장기부전을 평가하고 경과를 감시하는 간편하고 효과적인 점수체계임을 입증하였다. 이 연구는 춘천성심병원에서 내과계 중환자만을 대상으로 SOFA 점수체계의 유용성을 조사하였다. 방 법 : 2000년 5월 1일부터 6월 30일까지 춘천성심병원 내과계 중환자실에 입원한 154명을 대상으로 하였고, 이중 타과환자, 타병원으로 전원된 경우, ECG 관찰만을 위하여 입원한 경우, 처치 후 관찰을 위해 48시간 이내만 체류한 환자를 제외한 105명을 연구에 포함시켰으며, 91명에서 평가가 가능하였다. SOFA 점수와 APACHE III 점수는 입원 시부터 매일 24시간 간격으로 중환자실에서 퇴실할 때까지 하였다. 결 과 : 1) 사망률은 20%였고 중환자실 체류기간의 중앙값은 3일이었다. 2) 사망군과 생존군 간의 24시간 내 SOFA 점수는 각각 $8.17{\pm}4.05$, $3.85{\pm}3.24$로 유의한 차이가 있었다. 3) 장기부전이 없는 경우의 사망률은 6.5%, 5개의 다발성 장기부전이 있는 경우 사망률은 100%였다. 4) 48시간 이상 체류했던 74명을 분석한 결과 사망군에서는 최대 SOFA 점수가 81%에서 증가하였고 생존군에서는 21%에서 증가하여 유의한 차이를 보였다. 5) 24시간 내 SOFA 점수와 APACHE III 점수와의 관련성을 평가한 결과 r=0.85 (p<0.01)로 유의한 상관관계가 있었다. 결 론 : SOFA 점수체계는 다발성 장기부전이 있는 환자에서 장기부전을 평가하고 예후를 예측하며 임상경과를 관찰하는데 이용할 수 있는 간편하고 임상적 효용성이 있는 지표로서 임상적으로 많은 도움이 될 것으로 생각한다.

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