Table 3.
Indicators of severity according to the final outcome
| 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 |
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.