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Table 6 Variables independently associated with tracheotomy in the patients rejected for the RCT: logistic regression analysis

From: A randomized clinical trial for the timing of tracheotomy in critically ill patients: factors precluding inclusion in a single center study

Variable

Adjusted odds ratio

95% CI

P-value

Reintubation

22.96

6.73 to 78.27

0.001

Sequential organ failure assessment, difference

0.88

0.79 to 0.97

0.012

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

2.30

0.98 to 5.39

0.055

Age

1.02

1.00 to 1.03

0.058