From: Predictors of survival in patients with sarcoma admitted to the intensive care unit
Increase in SOFA score during ICU stay (Maximum SOFA- Admission SOFA) | No. patients in subgroup | Patients surviving ICU stay, % | Patients surviving till end of study, % | Median survival, d (range) |
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SOFA scores during ICU stay | ||||
 0 or less | 103 | 86.4 | 22.3 | 187 (108–347) |
 1–3 | 43 | 81.4 | 27.9 | 96 (21–193) |
 4–5 | 10 | 60.0 | 10.0 | 12 (2–85) |
 ≥6 | 15 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 17 (6–22) |
Admission SOFA scores | ||||
 0–4 | 50 | 88.0 | 26.0 | 159 (49–289) |
 5–7 | 46 | 84.8 | 21.7 | 182 (38–347) |
 8–10 | 41 | 80.5 | 24.4 | 185 (58–494) |
 ≥11 | 35 | 45.7 | 11.4 | 6 (2–19) |
Change in SOFA scores of 35 patients with admission SOFA scores of 11 or more | ||||
 ≤0 | 18 | 44.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 (0.5–9) |
 1 | 6 | 83.3 | 33.3 | 56 (4–NE) |
 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 13 (2–NE) |
 ≥3 | 8 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 6 (1–46) |