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Table 4 Odds ratios for survival in 75 patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

From: Decreases in procalcitonin and C-reactive protein are strong predictors of survival in ventilator-associated pneumonia

Parameter

Univariable

Multivariable

 

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

Age (years)

0.97 (0.84–1.01)

0.10

0.96 (0.91–1.01)

0.11

APACHE II score

0.92 (0.86–0.99)

0.02

0.91 (0.81–1.02)

0.09

ΔSOFA decreasing values

3.08 (1.02–9.26)

0.05

2.25 (0.48–10.46)

0.30

ΔCRP decreasing levels

3.78 (1.24–11.50)

0.02

7.40 (1.58–34.73)

0.01

ΔPCT decreasing levels

5.67 (1.78–18.03)

0.003

4.43 (1.08–18.18)

0.04

  1. The results show a univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis of parameter kinetics. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; CRP, C-reactive protein; PCT, procalcitonin; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
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