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Table 6 Results of multivariate logistic regression of individual VSS criteria

From: Risk assessment in the first fifteen minutes: a prospective cohort study of a simple physiological scoring system in the emergency department

VSS initial parameter

odds ratio

limits of 95% confidence interval

P-value

  

lower

upper

 

Threatened airway

1.66

1.02

2.68

0.041

Respiratory rate

0.74

0.36

1.54

0.42

Heart rate

2.37

1.45

3.86

0.001

Oxygen saturation

2.91

2.02

4.20

<0.0001

Systolic blood pressure

3.88

2.62

5.75

<0.0001

GCS score

6.18

4.20

9.08

<0.0001

Seizures

0.83

0.31

2.26

0.83

  1. GCS, Glasgow coma scale; VSS, Vital Sign Score. Results of multivariate logistic regression of individual VSS criteria recorded in the first 15 minutes after emergency department admission, identifying independent predictors given as odds ratio, 95% confidence interval of odds ratio and significance value for hospital mortality.
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