The prognostic accuracy evaluation of SAPS 3, SOFA and APACHE II scores for mortality prediction in the surgical ICU: an external validation study and decision-making analysis

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 3 Severity score’s area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curves for hospital and ICU mortalities as outcomes

Severity score	AUROC—in-hospital mortality (95% CI)	AUROC—intra-ICU mortality (95% CI)
APACHE II	0.772 (0.757–0.787)	0.808 (0.794–0.822)
SAPS 3	0.790 (0.775–0.804)	0.821 (0.807–0.835)
SOFA	0.742 (0.726–0.758)	0.797 (0.783–0.812)