Table 6 A brief introduction to scores
From: The challenge of prognostic markers in acute pancreatitis: internist’s point of view
Score | Setting | Specific* | Usual cut-off# | Cut-off for AP in our study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
APACHE II | Intensive unit care | Designed for AP, then used in intensive setting for different disease | > 8 | > 13 |
MEWS | Clinic score, at patient’s bed, in emergency | Used everywhere for its ease. | > 3 | > 2 |
SOFA score | Intensive unit care | Sepsis and the multi-organ failure | Each result correlates to a higher risk of mortality | > 5 |
Q-SOFA | Intensive unit care | As SOFA score but simple to assess | > 2 | > 1 |
BISAP | At patient’s bed | Designed for AP, in the first hours from hospitalization | As SOFA, not a really cut-off but a higher risk of mortality | > 3 |
BALTHAZAR | Radiological score obtained with computed tomography | Specific for AP, correlates to complication, local, and systemic | > 2 | > 3 |