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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression of mortality and prolonged hospital stay

From: Determining delayed admission to the intensive care unit for mechanically ventilated patients in the emergency department

Variables

Mortalitya

Prolonged LOSb

ORc(95% CI)

Pvalue

ORa(95% CI)

Pvalue

APACHE II score

1.05 (1.03-1.07)

<0.001

1.03 (1.01-1.06)

0.012

Male sex

1.17 (0.90-1.52)

0.236

1.04 (0.75-1.44)

0.818

Leveld >2 vs. level 1

1.66 (1.12-2.46)

0.019

1.04 (0.63-1.70)

0.846

Leveld 2 vs. level 1

1.37 (0.93-2.02)

0.682

1.15 (0.70-1.90)

0.504

Delayed vs. non-delayede

1.41 (1.05-1.89)

0.024

1.56 (1.07-2.27)

0.020

  1. aMortality in the first 21 ventilator days; blength of stay >30 days; cadjusted principal diagnostic categories; dtriage level; eadmission to intensive care unit. LOS, length of stay; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation.
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