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Table 5 Multiple logistic regression for ICU length of stay of more than 10 days

From: Model of end stage liver disease (MELD) score greater than 23 predicts length of stay in the ICU but not mortality in liver transplant recipients

Parameter

P value

Odds ratio

Confidence interval

Sepsis in ICU

0.046

46.7

1.1-2038.1

Respiratory failure

0.009

18.7

2.1-166.1

Transfusion of > 10 FFP

0.034

11.6

1.2-111.7

Transfusion of > 7 RBC

0.032

7.8

1.2-50.5

Renal failure > RIFLE class 2

0.006

7.9

1.9-34.1

MELD score corrected > 23

0.007

7.0

1.7-28.4

Use of marginal grafts

0.022

5.1

2.3-500.0

Gender

0.54

1.0

0.9-1.1

Age

0.08

1.0

0.9-1.1

Diabetes mellitus preoperative

0.46

1.7

0.4-6.4

Transplantation directly from the ICU

0.63

1.6

0.2-10.5

Peak bilirubin serum level

0.45

1.0

0.9-1.1

  1. FFP, fresh frozen plasma; MELD, model of end-stage liver disease; RBC, red blood cells; RIFLE, risk, injury, failure, loss, end-stage of kidney disease.