Scoring systems in critically ill: Which one to use in cancer patients?

Background: Scoring systems have not been evaluated in oncology patients. We aimed to assess the performance of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II, APACHE III, APACHE IV, Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) II, SAPS III, Mortality Probability Model (MPM) II and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in critically ill oncology patients.

Aim: To compare the efficacy of seven commonly employed scoring systems to predict outcomes of critically ill cancer patients.