Slide Presentations: Monday, October 24, 2011 | October 2011

Limited Utility of SOFA and APACHE II Prediction Models for ICU Triage in Pandemic Influenza

Abstract

PURPOSE: The recent experience with pandemic influenza raised concerns with limited availability of necessary resources. Previous modeling studies of non-H1N1 influenza using SOFA scoring suggest that many ICU beds are used unnecessarily, but no such studies have been conducted in H1N1 influenza. We hypothesized that SOFA score would not discriminate survivors and non-survivors.

METHODS: Using data collected by the ARDS Network during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, we calculated SOFA scores at ICU