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Table 4 Risk factors of BSI during ECMO support

From: Chlorhexidine bathing of the exposed circuits in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an uncontrolled before-and-after study

Variable

Univariate regression

Multivariate regression

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

aLong-term ECMO support

3.88 (1.15–13.09)

0.029

  

Intervention

0.18 (0.04–0.86)

0.031

0.16 (0.03–0.76)

0.021

RRT during ECMO

4.20 (1.10–16.04)

0.036

  

Oxygenator exchange

4.00 (1.10–14.49)

0.035

5.13 (1.32–20.00)

0.019

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, RRT renal replacement therapy
  2. aLong term was defined as more than 2 weeks
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