Ventilatory support in critically ill hematology patients with respiratory failure

Table 2 Risk factors for death in the ICU, according to logistic regression analysis

	OR	95% confidence interval	P
APACHE-II	1.06	1.02-1.10	0.002
Congestive heart failure on admission	0.26	0.08-0.85	0.026
Shock on admission	1.69	0.86-3.33	0.131
NIMV as first ventilatory approach	0.32	0.15-0.67	0.003
NIMV failure	5.74	2.40-13.73	<0.001
Allogeneic HSCT	6.78	1.78-25.85	0.005

HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; OR, odds ratio; NIMV, noninvasive mechanical ventilation.

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