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Table 4 Risk factors for ICU mortality by univariate analysis

From: Intensive care unit-acquired Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: incidence, risk factors, and outcome

 

Survivors (n = 60)

Non-survivors (n = 54)

p value

At ICU admission

   

Age, years

58 ± 19

66 ± 13

0.025

SAPS II

31 ± 16

32 ± 14

0.613

Male gender

36 (60)

38 (70)

0.168

Transfer to the ICU from a ward

47 (78)

49 (91)

0.058

Surgery

10 (17)

17 (31)

0.051

Diabetes mellitus

5 (8)

6 (11)

0.426

COPD

19 (32)

22 (41)

0.208

Cystic fibrosis

3 (5)

2 (4)

0.550

Prior antibiotic treatment

19 (32)

29 (54)

0.014a

Organ failure

   

   Respiratory

42 (70)

49 (91)

0.017b

   Cardiac

1 (2)

20 (37)

<0.001c

   Renal

8 (13)

17 (31)

0.024d

   Neurologic

17 (28)

13 (24)

0.320

   Digestive

5 (8)

4 (7)

0.534

During ICU hospitalization

   

Central venous catheter

55 (92)

49 (91)

0.560

Urinary catheter

51 (85)

47 (87)

0.484

Tracheostomy

9 (15)

7 (13)

0.484

Mechanical ventilation

43 (72)

46 (85)

0.064

Duration of mechanical ventilation, days

10 ± 14

15 ± 17

0.058

Duration of ICU stay, days

17 ± 19

21 ± 23

0.571

ICU-acquired Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

15 (25)

23 (43)

0.037e

ICU-acquired infection related to S. maltophilia

9 (15)

21 (39)

0.004f

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (percentage). Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) = a2.5 (1.1 to 5.3), b1.48 (1 to 2.1), c3.5 (1.1 to 10.4), d32.9 (4.2 to 256), e2.8 (1 to 7.2), and f3.6 (1.4 to 8.8). COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ICU, intensive care unit; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score.