SOFA (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) Calculator
Assesses organ dysfunction in critically ill patients; defines sepsis-3
When to use it
Use to quantify organ dysfunction severity and define sepsis in ICU patients.
Category
Critical Care
References
- Singer M et al. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3). JAMA. 2016;315:801-10. PMID: 26903338
- Vincent JL et al. The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure. On behalf of the Working Group on Sepsis-Related Problems of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive Care Med. 1996;22:707-10. PMID: 8844239
About NephroMind
This calculator is part of NephroMind, a free clinical decision-aid platform from the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT) — over 128 bedside nephrology calculators plus a renal drug-dosing database, coded by a practicing transplant nephrologist.