. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2015 Sep;43(9):1964–1977. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001131

Table 5.

Prediction of Cardio-pulmonary Arrest After Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapy (DCD-N Score).[85]

Component	Score

Cough
Present	0
Absent	2

Corneal Reflex
Present	0
Absent	1

Motor response
Flexor or better	0
Extensor or absent	1

Oxygenation Index
≤3.0	0
>3.0	1

Total Score	Death within 60 minutes
0	5%
1	27%
2	29%
3	52%
4	80%
5	89%

A score of ≥3 was associated with a 74% probability of death within 60 minutes, while a score of 0-2 was associated with a 77% probability of survival beyond 60 minutes.