Table 5 Predictors of death in 116 patients with severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring admission to the intensive care unit: stepwise multivariate logistic regression analysis
Variable | Odds ratio | 95% Confidence intervals | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Need for invasive ventilation | 45.809 | 607.46 to 3.009 | p < 0.001 |
Presence of co-morbid illness | 0.126 | 0.428 to 0.037 | p < 0.01 |
Hypercapnia | 0.114 | 1.324 to 0.010 | p < 0.05 |