Gastrointestinal dysfunction score for mortality prediction in intensive care unit patients with pre-existing digestive system disease: a prospective observational study (opens in new tab)

BackgroundGastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction has been increasingly recognized as a common and clinically important problem in patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). GI dysfunction may affect nutrition, immune function, and microbiome homeostasis, which has been associated with adverse outcomes in ICU patients. However, conventional organ failure scores such as the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score do not adequately account for GI dysfunction, particularly in patients with pr...