Table 5 Factors associated with a higher risk of in-hospital mortality in patients readmitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).
From: Readmission to a surgical intensive care unit: incidence, outcome and risk factors
Univariate | Multivariate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Odds ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p value | |
Age (per 10 years) | 1.18 (0.97 to 1.44) | 0.108 | - | - |
Female | 0.98 (0.89 to 1.21) | 0.205 | - | - |
Source of admission | ||||
Operating room | Reference | NA | - | - |
Emergency room | 1.21 (0.39 to 3.79) | 0.741 | - | - |
Other hospital | 1.08 (0.42 to 2.76) | 0.877 | - | - |
Cancer | 2.21 (1.21 to 4.03) | 0.010 | 1.69 (0.81 to 3.53) | 0.161 |
Chronic heart failure | 1.22 (0.25 to 5.89) | 0.803 | - | - |
Cirrhosis | 1.22 (0.25 to 5.89) | 0.803 | - | - |
Chronic renal failure | 2.57 (1.30 to 5.08) | 0.006 | 2.39 (1.10 to 5.20) | 0.028 |
Diabetes | 1.30 (0.72 to 2.36) | 0.380 | - | - |
Unplanned admissions | 0.88 (0.48 to 1.60) | 0.667 | - | - |
Sepsis during initial ICU stay | ||||
No sepsis | Reference | NA | - | - |
Sepsis | 1.44 (0.60 to 3.48) | 0.419 | - | - |
Severe sepsis | 0.64 (0.18 to 2.34) | 0.501 | - | - |
Type of surgery | ||||
Neurosurgery | 0.35 (0.12 to 1.00) | 0.051 | 0.46 (0.14 to 1.48) | 0.193 |
Thoracic surgery | 1.42 (0.45 to 4.44) | 0.553 | - | - |
Cardiac surgery | 0.49 (0.26 to 0.92) | 0.026 | 0.54 (0.23 to 1.25) | 0.149 |
Gastrointestinal | 3.39 (1.90 to 6.04) | < 0.001 | 2.60 (1.17 to 5.80) | 0.020 |
Trauma | 2.19 (0.81 to 5.94) | 0.122 | 2.27 (0.72 to 7.18) | 0.165 |
Time to readmission | ||||
Within 48 hours | References | NA | Reference | NA |
2 to 7 days | 1.05 (0.42 to 2.66) | 0.914 | 0.81 (0.34 to 2.26) | 0.792 |
> 7 days | 2.02 (0.81 to 5.02) | 0.131 | 1.73 (0.69 to 4.37) | 0.245 |
Severity scores (per point) * | ||||
SAPS 2 score ** | 1.02 (1.01 to 1.03) | 0.043 | 1.02 (1.01 to 1.04) | 0.045 |
SOFA score ** | 1.04 (0.97 to 1.13) | 0.276 | 1.07 (0.98 to 1.16) | 0.163 |
SOFAmax | 1.03 (0.96 to 1.11) | 0.382 | 1.05 (0.97 to 1.14) | 0.231 |