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Table 3 Indicators of severity according to the final outcome

From: Sepsis-related organ failure assessment and withholding or withdrawing life support from critically ill patients

Final outcome

S

DH

DIH

DWD

DWH

BD

CVD

Number of cases

301

2

13

9

25

20

2

ICU stay (days)*

7

24

20

12

14

5

4

APACHE III

38

81

91

81

84

91

41

SOFA on first day

4

12

10

9

9

9

2

Mean SOFA

3

7

8

11

12

11

4

Maximum SOFA

4

12

11

15

15

13

6

Days at max SOFA

2

4

3

5

2

2

1

Accumulated SOFA§

31

182

168

139

161

65

11

TISS on first day#

22

37

34

24

34

34

15

Mean TISS

21

38

31

33

37

35

21

Accumulated TISS**

185

914

632

396

516

207

66

  1. S, survivors at 1 year; DH, death at home; DIH, death in the hospital once discharged from intensive care unit (ICU); DWD, death after the withdrawal of therapeutic life support measures; DWH, death after withholding of life support; BD, brain death; CVD, cardiovascular death. *The length of the ICU stay was significantly longer in the DWH and DIH groups than in the S and BD groups. The APACHE III, sepsis-related organ failure assessment (SOFA) at the first day, mean SOFA and maximum SOFA scores were significantly smaller in the S group compared with the rest of the groups. The number of days with a sustained maximum SOFA score was significantly higher in the DWD group than the S group and also greater than the BD and DWH groups, although this was not statistically significant. §The accumulated SOFA score was significantly greater in the DIH, DWH and DWD groups. #The therapeutic intervention scoring system (TISS) score at the first day was significantly higher in the DIH, DWH and BD groups. The mean TISS score was significantly smaller in the S group. **The accumulated TISS score of the DIH and DWH groups showed statistically significant differences in relation to the S and BD groups.