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Table 2 Multivariable analysis to identify the independent predictors of ICU mortality and unfavorable outcome

From: The impact of extracerebral organ failure on outcome of patients after cardiac arrest: an observational study from the ICON database

Variable

p value

OR

95 % CI

Predictors of ICU mortality

 SAPS II score on admission

<0.001

1.047

1.025–1.069

 Lactate max, mEq/L

0.004

1.093

1.029–1.161

 Renal failure on admission

0.011

2.413

1.220–4.774

 Severe sepsis during ICU stay

0.022

0.537

0.316–0.912

Predictors of unfavorable outcome

 SAPS II on admission

<0.001

1.107

1.077–1.138

 MV on admission

0.020

3.787

1.234–11.628

 CNS-SOFA on admission

<0.001

4.237

3.097–5.796

  1. CI confidence interval, CNS central nervous system, ICU intensive care unit, Lactate max maximal lactate levels within the first 24 h after ICU admission, MV mechanical ventilation, OR odds ratio, SAPS Simplified Acute Physiological Score, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
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