Table 2

Assignment of patients to pneumonia severity index (PSI) risk class scoring system according to the presence of sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock

Risk classTotal
IIIIIIIVV
Sepsis23/33 (70%)33/49 (67%)70/97 (72%)165/193 (86%)98/113 (87%)389/485 (80%)
Severe sepsis0/32 (0%)6/47 (13%)7/93 (8%)64/188 (34%)76/110 (69%)153/470 (33%)
Septic shock0/32 (0%)1/50 (2%)3/98 (3%)21/194 (11%)21/113 (19%)46/489 (9%)