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Table 4 Determinants of hospital mortality

From: Corticosteroids in treatment of aspiration-related acute respiratory distress syndrome: results of a retrospective cohort study

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

OR (95 % CI)

P value

OR (95 % CI)

P value

Age

0.99 (0.98–1.00)

0.11

  

Sex male

1.36 (1.17–1.59)

<0.001

  

NIHSS score

4.01 (2.98–5.56)

<0.001

5.04 (1.56–16.28)

0.007

GCS score

0.94 (0.82–1.07)

0.36

  

Smoking

1.30 (0.86–1.99)

0.22

  

Excess alcohol consumption

1.55 (1.27–1.88)

<0.001

  

Pre-existing illnesses

    

 Hypertension

1.18 (1.01–1.39)

0.03

  

 Diabetes

1.00 (0.95–1.06)

0.89

  

 Coronary heart disease

1.09 (0.85–1.67)

0.31

  

 Kidney disease

1.29 (0.52–3.19)

0.59

  

Chest CT

    

 GGOs

0.49 (0.27–0.86)

0.01

  

 Consolidation opacities

2.00 (0.92–3.56)

0.09

  

 Pleural effusions

1.05 (0.65–5.22)

0.25

  

 Air bronchogram

1.91 (0.54–6.84)

0.32

  

PaO2/FiO2

0.19 (0.05–0.82)

0.03

  

APACHE II score

2.22 (1.90–2.58)

<0.001

1.51 (1.05–2.16)

0.03

pH value

0.99 (0.30–3.31)

0.99

  

Albumin

0.94 (0.88–1.00)

0.08

0.88 (0.79–0.97)

0.001

Treatment

    

Corticosteroids

0.33 (0.23–0.47)

<0.001

0.50 (0.35–0.70)

<0.001

Non-invasive ventilation

1.69 (0.74–3.88)

0.21

  

Invasive ventilation

0.06 (0.01–0.59)

0.02

  

Time from diagnosis to corticosteroids treatment

1.28 (0.90–1.82)

0.16

  
  1. Abbreviation: SD standard deviation, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, GGOs ground glass opacities, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, PaO 2 partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood, FiO 2 fraction of inspired oxygen