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Table 3 Multivariate analysis of independent risk factors for hospital mortality*

From: Fluid balance and cardiac function in septic shock as predictors of hospital mortality

 

Adjusted odds ratio

95% Cl

P

APACHE II score (one-point increments)

1.05

1.03 to 1.07

0.035

Age (one-year increments)

1.02

1.01 to 1.03

0.028

Left ventricle ejection fraction (one-point increments)

1.04

1.02 to 1.06

0.025

Greatest quartile of positive net fluid balance at eight days post-shock onset (quartile 4)

1.66

1.39 to 1.98

0.004

  1. *Other covariates not in the table had a P-value >0.05 including use of dobutamine, vasopressin or epinephrine; presence of abnormal left ventricle function; presence of abnormal right ventricle function; diastolic dysfunction; 24-hour cumulative fluid balance quartiles; and inappropriate antibiotic therapy (Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test, P = 0.422). APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation.
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