Table 1 Scoring system for disseminated intravascular coagulation by the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine

SIRS criteria

   ≥3

1

   0 to 2

0

Platelet counts

   <80 × 10⁹/l or >50% decrease within 24 hours

3

   ≥80 <120 × 10⁹/l or >30% decrease within 24 hours

1

   ≥120 × 10⁹/l

0

Prothrombin time (value of patient/normal value)

   ≥1.2

1

   <1.2

0

Fibrin/fibrinogen degradation products

   ≥25 mg/l

3

   ≥10 <25 mg/l

1

   <10 mg/l

0

Diagnosis

   Disseminated intravascular coagulation

≥4