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Table 4 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with the need for invasive mechanical ventilation during ICU stay

From: Severe varicella-zoster virus pneumonia: a multicenter cohort study

Variable

OR (CI 95%)

p

SOFA score at day 1 (per point increment)

1.90 (1.33–2.70)

<0.001

Oxygen flow at ICU admission, L/min (per L/min increment)

1.25 (1.08–1.45)

0.004

Early bacterial co-infection

14.94 (2.00–111.8)

0.009

  1. Results are presented for the imputed data
  2. Candidate predictors were: age, any comorbidity, underlying immunosuppression, SOFA score at day 1, oxygen flow at ICU admission, alveolar consolidation on chest X-ray, antibiotics at ICU admission, and early bacterial co-infection
  3. CI confidence interval, ICU intensive care unit, OR odds ratio, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment