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Development and Validation of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)-2 Score

Development and Validation of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)-2 Score Manu Shankar-Hari, MD, PhD6; David Pilcher, MBBS7,8,9; Joana Berger-Estilita, MD, PhD10; Craig M. Coopersmith, MD11; Nicole P. Juffermans, MD, PhD12; John Laffey, MD, DSc13,14; Matti Reinikainen, MD, PhD15; Ary Serpa Neto, MD, MSc, PhD7,16,17; Miguel Tavares, MD18,19; Jean-François Timsit, MD, PhD20,21; Maria Del Pilar Arias Lopez, MD22,23; Nish Arulkumaran, PhD4; Diptesh Aryal, MD, PhD5,24; Elie Azoulay, MD, PhD25; Leo Anthony Celi, MD, MPH, MSc26,27,28; Dipayan Chaudhuri, MD, MSc29,30; Dylan De Lange, MD, PhD31; Jan De Waele, MD, PhD32; Claudia C. Dos Santos, MD, MSc33,34; Bin Du, MD35,36; Sharon Einav, MD, MSc37; Teresa Engelbrecht, BSc38; Fathima Fazla, MSc39; Ricard Ferrer, MD, PhD40; Stefano Finazzi, PhD41; Tomoko Fujii, MD, PhD42; Hayley B. Gershengorn, MD43; John D. Greene, MA44; Rashan Haniffa, MD, PhD45,46; Sicheng Hao, MSc26; Mohd Shahnaz Hasan, MBBS, MAnaes47; Steve Hollenberg, MD48; Mariachiara Ippolito, MD49; Christian Jung, MD, PhD50; Mikhail Kirov, MD, PhD51; Shigetaka Kobari, BS52; Inès Lakbar, MD, PhD53; Jeffrey Lipman, MBBCH, MD, DMed(Res)54,55; Vincent Liu, MD56; Xiaoli Liu, PhD26; Suzana M. Lobo, MD, PhD57; Demetrio Magatti, MSc41; Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc58; Barbara Metnitz, PhD59; Philipp Metnitz, MD, PhD60; Sheila N. Myatra, MD61; Simon Oczkowski, MD, MSc, MHSc62; José-Artur Paiva, MD, PhD63,64; Fathima Paruk, MD, PhD65; Pirkka T. Pekkarinen, MD, PhD66; Lise Piquilloud, MD, PhD67; Anssi Pölkki, MD, PhD68; Hallie C. Prescott, MD, MSc69; Annika Reintam Blaser, MD, PhD70,71; Ederlon Rezende, MD72; Chiara Robba, MD, PhD73,74; Bram Rochwerg, MD, MSc75; Stephane Ruckly, MSc20,21; Rasoul Samei, BSci41; Edward J. Schenck, MD, MS76; Paul Secombe, BMBS, MSc7,77; Cornelius Sendagire, MD5,78; Moses Siaw-Frimpong, MD79; Andrew J. Simpkin, MD80,81; Márcio Soares, MD, PhD5; Charlotte Summers, BM, PhD82; Wojciech Szczeklik, MD, PhD83; Jukka Takala, MD, PhD84; Shiro Tanaka, PhD52; Giovanni Tricella, PhD41; Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD85; Julia Wendon, MBChB86; Fernando G. Zampieri, MD, PhD87; Andrew Rhodes, MB, BS, MD(Res)88; Rui Moreno, MD, PhD89,90,91 Abstract    Importance  Acute dysfunction of vital organs is the hallmark of critical illness. The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, the most widely adopted approach to describe organ dysfunction, has not been updated in 30 years and therefore may not appropriately capture current clinical practice and outcomes. Objectives  To inform the data-driven component of an updated score (SOFA-2) in varied geographical and resource settings (stages 6-8) after expert input via a modified Delphi process (stages 1-5). Design, Setting, and Participants  A federated analysis was performed on data collected from adult patients admitted to 1319 intensive care units (ICUs) in 9 countries (Australia, Austria, Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, Nepal, New Zealand, United States) between 2014 and 2023. Four representative multicenter cohorts containing data from 2 098 356 patients were used for data-driven score development and internal validation. External validation was performed on 6 cohorts containing data from 1 241 114 patients. Main Outcomes and Measures  Content validity for organ dysfunction identified through the modified Delphi process should be reflected by predictive validity using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve of the score measured on the first ICU day (higher scores indicate worse organ dysfunction). Results  Of 3.34 million patient encounters, 270 108 (8.1%) died in the ICU (range, 4.5% to 20.5% across the 10 cohorts). SOFA-2 modified the 6 organ systems of the original SOFA score (brain, respiratory, cardiovascular, liver, kidney, hemostasis), including new variables and revised thresholds that better describe the organ dysfunction distribution from 0 to 4 points and their associated mortality (SOFA-2 AUROC, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.76-0.81; SOFA-1 AUROC, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.74-0.81). Evaluation of sequential SOFA-2 data from ICU day 1 to day 7 maintained its predictive validity. Insufficient data and lack of content validity precluded incorporation of gastrointestinal and immune dysfunction scores into SOFA-2. Conclusions and Relevance  The SOFA-2 score, updated to include contemporary organ support treatments and new score thresholds, describes organ dysfunction in a large, geographically and socioeconomically diverse population of critically ill adults. Torna alla lista ARTICOLI Vai all’articolo

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Hospital acquired infections among solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized in intensive care unit (2018-2024): A study of the GiViTI Group

Genovese C, Offer M, Colaneri M, Dore F, Montrucchio G, Scaglione G, Monti G, Bandera A, Viaggi B, Gori A, Palomba E, Lombardi A, Finazzi S, Italian Group for Evaluation of Interventions in Intensive Care Medicine
Transpl Infect Dis 2025 ; E-pub

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Organizational learning in healthcare contexts after Covid-19: a study of 10 intensive care units in Central and Northern Italy through framework analysis

Gambirasio M, Magatti D, Barbetta V, Brena S, Lizzola G, Pandolfini C, Sommariva F, Zamperoni A, Finazzi S, Ivaldi S
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023 ; 20 : 6699

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Development and external validation of a machine learning model for the prediction of persistent acute kidney injury stage 3 in multi-centric, multi-national intensive care cohorts

Zappalà S, Alfieri F, Ancona A, Taccone F S, Maviglia R, Cauda V, Finazzi S, Dell’Anna A M
Crit Care 2024 ; 28 : 189
IF: 9.3

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Understanding the burden of antibiotic resistance: a decade of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections in Italian intensive care units

Scaglione G, Perego M, Colaneri M, Genovese C, Brivio F, Covizzi A, Viaggi B, Bandera A, Gori A, Finazzi S, Palomba E
Front Microbiol 2024 ; 15 : 1405390
IF: 4.5

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Association between cuffed tracheal tube use and reduced ventilator-associated pneumonia and conditions after elective cardiac surgery in infants and young children

Codice: 18747
Nacoti M, Carobbio A, Finazzi S, Pellicioli I, Consonni F, Ferrari F, Favarato M, Fazzi F, Bonanomi E
Minerva Anestesiol 2022 ; 88 : 890-900
IF: 3.2

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Cardiogenic shock diagnosis and management in general intensive care: a nationwide survey

Cardiogenic shock diagnosis and management in general intensive care: a nationwide survey Costanza N. COLOMBO, Guido TAVAZZI, Michele ZANETTI, Francesca DORE, Stefano FINAZZI on behalf of GiViTi Minerva Anestesiologica 2024 Mar 29 Abstract BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of cardiogenic shock has evolved over the years: in the last decades an increasing prevalence of cardiogenic shock related to acute decompensated heart failure was observed. Therefore, treatment bundles should be updated according to the underlying pathophysiology. No data exist regarding the diagnostic/therapeutic strategies in general intensive care units.METHODS: A 27-questions survey was spread through the GiViTi (Italian Group for the Evaluation of Interventions in Intensive Care Medicine). The results were then divided according to level of hospitals (1st-2nd versus 3rd).RESULTS: Sixty-nine general intensive care units replied to the survey. The shock team is present in 13% of institutions; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions shock classification is applied only in 18.8%. 94.2% routinely uses a cardiac output monitoring device (pulmonary artery catheter more frequently in 3rd level centers). The first-line adrenergic drug are vasopressors in 27.5%, inotrope in 21.7% or their combination in 50.7%; 79.7% applies fluid challenge. The first vasopressor of choice is norepinephrine (95.7%) (maximum dosage tolerated higher than 0.5 mcg/kg/min in 29%); the first line inotrope is dobutamine (52.2%), followed by epinephrine in 36.2%. The most frequently used mechanical circulatory supports are intra-aortic balloon pump (71%), Impella (34.8%) and VA-ECMO (33.3%); VA-ECMO is the first line strategy in refractory cardiogenic shock (60.8%).CONCLUSIONS: According to this survey, there is no standardized approach to cardiogenic shock amongst Italian general intensive care units. The application of shock severity stratification and the treatment bundles may play a key role in improving the outcome. Torna alla lista ARTICOLI Vai all’articolo

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