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Table 5 Multivariable analysis: predictors of in-hospital mortalitya

From: Acute respiratory failure in kidney transplant recipients: a multicenter study

Predictor of hospital mortality

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

P value

Shock at ICU admission

8.70

3.25 to 23.29

0.00002

Opportunistic fungal infectionb

7.08

2.32 to 21.60

0.0007

Bacterial infection

2.53

1.07 to 5.96

0.034

Lung infiltration ≥3 quadrants on chest-X ray

2.50

0.98 to 6.37

0.051

Extrapulmonary ARDS

2.30

0.83 to 6.38

0.11

Oxygen flow at ICU admission (per liter)

1.05

0.97 to 1.15

0.24

  1. aICU, intensive care unit; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve = 0.83; Cessie van Houwelingen goodness-of-fit test, P = 0.45; bPneumocystis pneumonia, invasive aspergillosis, or Candidemia.
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