Multicenter Validation of the Neonatal Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score for Prognosis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit are at risk of life-threatening organ dysfunction, but few objective tools with utility exist. In a multicenter cohort of 20 152 infants, we show the neonatal sequential organ failure assessment score had good-to-excellent discrimination of mortality across centers, birth weights, and time points after admission.

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The neonatal sequential organ failure assessment score shows good-to-excellent discrimination of mortality across different centers, birth weights, and time points after admission in a multicenter cohort of 20,152 infants.