Acute pancreatitis at the beginning of the 21st century: The state of the art

Table 4 Sequential organ failure assessment score (SOFA)

Organ system involved	Score
	1	2	3	4	5
Cardiovascular	No hypotension	MAP < 70 mmHg	Dopamine or dobutamine (any dose)	Dopamine > 5 &mgr;g/kg per min or adrenaline (epinephrine) < 0.1 &mgr;g/kg per min or noradrenaline (norepinephrine) < 0.1 &mgr;g/kg per min	Dopamine < 0.1 &mgr;g/kg per min or > 15 &mgr;g/kg per min or adrenaline > 0.1 &mgr;g/kg per min or noradrenaline > 0.1 &mgr;g/kg per min
Respiratory PaO2/FiO2 (mmHg)	> 400	400-300	300-200	200-1001	≤ 1001
Renal creatinine (&mgr;mol/L)	< 100	100-200	200-350	350-500	> 500
Neurological glasgow coma score	15	14-13	12-10	9-7	≤ 6
Haematological platelet count (× 109/L)	> 150	150-100	100-50	20-50	≤ 20
Hepatic bilirubin (&mgr;mol/L)	< 20	20-60	60-120	120-240	> 240

¹These values are calculated with ventilatory support. MAP: Mean arterial pressure; SOFA: Sequential organ failure assessment, and is calculated as the sum of the scores for the individual organs.