Refuse of admission to intensive care: analysis of a score
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Methods Prospective, descriptive study in a multi-disciplinary ICU, university referral hospital from June 2013 to May 2014. Demographic data, severity of illness based on sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA), degree of independence (Barthel index) and comorbidities (Charlson Index) were documented. Age was categorized into subgroups, assigning a score of 1-6 upstream ( < 40; 40-60; 61-70; 71-75; 76-80;> 80 years), SOFA score give a possible score of 0 to 24, Barthel Index of 1-5 points and Charlson Index of 1-3 points. Adding the four variables, the final score had a rating from 9 to 41 points.
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