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Table 1 Overview of components of the various existing scoring systems.

From: Failure of available scoring systems to predict ongoing infection in patients with abdominal sepsis after their initial emergency laparotomy

 

APACHE-II

SAPS-II

MPI

SOFA

MODS

APS

Type of admission

 

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Age

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√

√

   

Gender

  

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Chronic disease present

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Malignant comorbidity

  

√

   

Organ failure present

  

√

   

Temperature

√

√

   

√

White blood cell counts

 

√

   

√

Oxygenationa

√

√

 

√

√

√

Mechanical ventilation

 

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Respiratory rate

√

    

√

Arterial pH

√

    

√

HCO3-

 

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Cardiovascular stateb

   

√

  

Heart rate

√

√

  

√

√

Blood pressurec

√

√

 

√

√

√

Hematocrit

√

    

√

Creatinine

√

  

√

√

√

Urine output

 

√

 

√

  

Urea

 

√

    

Bilirubin

 

√

 

√

√

 

Coagulation (thrombocytes)

   

√

√

 

Potassium

√

√

   

√

Sodium

√

√

   

√

Glasgow coma score

√

√

 

√

√

 

Disease specific parametersd

  

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  1. a PaO2 or PaO2/FiO2 ratio
  2. b includes administration and dosage of (nor)epinephrine, dopamine or dobutamine
  3. c systolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure (MAP) or as part of the pressure adjusted heart rate (PAR)
  4. d disease specific parameters include duration of peritonitis, origin, extent of peritonitis and type of contamination.