Comparative evaluation of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scoring systems in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit

To assess and compare the performance of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU).A single-center, prospective cohort study in a CICU admitting patients with acute cardiovascular diseases was conducted. Both APACHE II and SOFA were calculated on admission. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was used to...