SAPS II

The SAPS II (Simplified Acute Physiology Score II) is a severity-of-illness scoring system designed for adult patients (aged ≥18 years) in intensive care units (ICUs). Developed in 1993 from a large multicenter study involving 13,152 patients across 137 ICUs in 12 countries, SAPS II predicts hospital mortality risk based on physiological, demographic, and clinical data collected within the first 24 hours of ICU admission. It is widely used for risk stratification, quality benchmarking, and research in adult critical care settings.