Introduction: Sepsis is a clinical condition that seriously threatens the body’s balance and is still a significant cause of death. Therefore, clinical management is aimed at a timely classification and implementation of emergency measures based on systems of scales for detection that helps reduce complications in patients. That is the importance of using SOFA (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) and qSOFA (quick SOFA) in the different services for hospitalized patients. Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of SOFA and qSOFA scale as a predictor of mortality in patients with sepsis hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Good Hope Clinic from January to December 2015. Materials and methods: Retrospective study of adult patients hospitalized in ICU/NICU with sepsis diagnoses. Epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory data were collected to apply the SOFA and qSOFA scales....