GO-FAR Score (good-outcome survival after IHCA)
GO-FAR score (Ebell 2013): predicts the probability of survival to discharge with good neurologic function after in-hospital cardiac arrest, from age plus 12 admission variables.
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Example
- Age
- 82 years
- Septicemia
- Yes
- Respiratory insufficiency
- Yes
Result: GO-FAR score +17: low probability of good neurologic survival (1-3%) after in-hospital arrest.
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What the result means
- Score
- pre-arrest variables sum to a total from -15 to +76 (neurologically intact -15; comorbidities and age add). CPC-1 survival after in-hospital arrest.
- Category
- <= -6 above average (> 15%), -5 to 13 average (3-15%), 14-23 low (1-3%), >= 24 very low (< 1%). Informs, never decides, goals of care.
What you enter
- Age
- Neurologically intact or minimal deficit at admission
- Major trauma
- Acute stroke
- Metastatic or hematologic cancer
- Septicemia
- Medical noncardiac diagnosis
- Hepatic insufficiency
The other 5 fields
- Admitted from a skilled-nursing facility
- Hypotension or hypoperfusion
- Renal insufficiency or dialysis
- Respiratory insufficiency
- Pneumonia
How this is calculated
Ebell MH, Jang W, Shen Y, Geocadin RG. Development and validation of the Good Outcome Following Attempted Resuscitation (GO-FAR) score. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(20):1872-1878. Read the source ↗
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