Improved Outcomes following the Establishment of a Neurocritical Care Unit in Saudi Arabia
Table 3
Predictors for ICU/hospital discharge.
Predictors
Odds ratio
95% CI
value
ICU discharge
NCCU admission
1.5
0.7–3.3
0.3
Age (years)
0.97
0.96–0.99
0.02
Gender (male/female)
0.6
0.3–1.2
0.13
APACHE 4 score
0.98
0.97–1
0.051
ICU LOS (days)
0.97
0.96–0.98
0.02
Invasive procedures (%)
1.3
0.4–4
0.6
Presence of trauma
0.9
0.4–1.8
0.7
Hospital discharge
NCCU admission
2.3
1.3–4.1
0.005
Age (years)
0.98
0.96–0.99
0.001
Gender (male/female)
0.7
0.4–1.2
0.2
APACHE 4 score
1
0.98–1.001
0.064
ICU LOS (days)
0.98
0.97–0.99
0.001
Invasive procedures (%)
0.7
0.342–1.44
0.335
Presence of trauma
1.3
0.8–2.2
0.33
OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; ICU = intensive care unit; NCCU = neurocritical care unit; APACHE = acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; LOS = length of stay.
