Table 2.

SOFA scores and indices of organ system dysfunction during hospitalization

	Patient 1			Patient 2			Patient 3
	Admission	Transfer to ICU	Worst SOFA score	Admission	Transfer to ICU	Worst SOFA score	Admission	Transfer to ICU	Worst SOFA score
Hospital day	1	3	5	1	2	2	1	1	3
SOFA score*	7	14	14	5	11	11	1	2	6
SOFA parameters
PaO2 (mm Hg)	N/A	64	73	N/A	49	49	N/A	N/A	56
FiO2	0.21	0.32	0.21	0.35 (BI-PAP)	0.21 (Bi-PAP)	0.21 (Bi-PAP)	N/A (O2 via nasal cannula)	N/A (O2 via nasal cannula)	0.5
PaO2/FiO2 ratio	N/A	200	348	N/A	233	233	N/A	N/A	112
Plt (K/µL)	37	< 9	23	84	41	41	151	118	134
Glasgow Coma Scale	15	14	13	15	15	15	15	15	11
TBili (mg/dL)	3.7	9	12.4	2.9	4.2	4.2	1.1	1.0	0.7
Level of hypotension	MAP < 70	MAP < 70	MAP < 70	No hypotension	Epinephrine < 0.1 mcg/kg/minutes	Epinephrine < 0.1 mcg/kg/minutes	MAP < 70	MAP < 70	No hypotension
Crt (mg/dL)	1.74	4.18	5.7	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.86	0.51	0.5

Plt = platelet count; SOFA = sequential organ failure assessment.

* Reference ²⁵ (specifically efigure 3) provides representative inhospital mortality rates in sepsis for a given SOFA score. Accordingly, SOFA score ≥ 9 is associated with > 20% mortality; SOFA score ≥ 14 is associated with > 40% mortality.