Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score for Evaluating Organ Failure and Outcome of Severe Maternal Morbidity in Obstetric Intensive Care

Table 3

Values of sensitivity and specificity of individual maximum Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score of each system evaluated, for the prediction of maternal death, according to cutoff points of the score.

System evaluated	Sensitivity	Specificity	AUC [95% CI]
Respiratory			0.903 [0.827–0.979]
≥1	83.3	81.7
≥2	83.3	86.3
≥3	55.6	92.7
4	38.9	98.2
Coagulation			0.728 [0.588–0.869]
≥1	72.2	54.2
≥2	61.1	76.0
≥3	44.4	92.2
4	11.1	97.6
Hepatic			0.707 [0.431–0.983]
≥1	44.4	92.1
≥2	38.9	95.6
≥3	27.8	98.6
4	16.7	99.8
Cardiovascular			0.906 [0.747–1.0]
≥1	83.3	87.9
≥2	83.3	92.7
≥3	77.8	95.7
4	77.8	96.0
Neurologic			0.747 [0.438–1.0]
≥1	50.0	95.9
≥2	50.0	98.2
≥3	44.4	98.9
4	33.3	99.7
Renal			0.889 [0.797–0.981]
≥1	55.6	91.8
≥2	27.8	96.3
≥3	22.2	97.4
4	22.2	97.9

AUC: area under the curve.