PREDICTION OF MATERNAL MORTALITY USING M-SOFA SCORE IN OBSTETRIC ICU IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

Dr. K. LAVANYA; Dr. E. VIJAYALAKSHMI

Volume : X, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

PREDICTION OF MATERNAL MORTALITY USING M-SOFA SCORE IN OBSTETRIC ICU IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

Dr. K. Lavanya, Dr. E. Vijayalakshmi

Abstract :

Introduction: M–SOFA stands for ‘Modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment’ which describes the clinical course of the patient as a marker of the degree of organ dysfunction. The organ functions used here were pulmonary, cardiac, neurological, haematological, renal and hepatic. Methods: M–SOFA score was used to predict mortality of obstetric patients in intensive care unit. 77 patients were studied taking Day 1 M–SOFA score after admission to intensive care unit. The score and occurrence of survival or mortality of each patient within 4 weeks of admission were analysed. Results: The mortality was high among patients having high M–SOFA score compared with lower scores. Hence it was used as a triage tool to concentrate on sick individuals immediately after admission. Conclusions: M–SOFA score is a great predictor of the severity of illness, especially in very sick patients thereby helping us to triage the cases in a tertiary care centre like ours.