Prevalence and Mortality Rates of Acute Kidney Injury among Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Study
Table 4
Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis of factors associated with MICU mortality (N = 457).
Variables
OR (95% CI)
value
Baseline admission data
Age
1.04 (1.04–1.06)
0.003
Comorbidities: malignancy
1.38 (0.55–3.42)
0.49
Medications
Diuretics
2.12 (1.06–4.25)
0.03
Statin
0.42 (0.21–0.85)
0.02
Antiplatelet
1.37 (0.68–2.75)
0.42
Interventions during MICU stay
Ventilators
2.19 (1.12–4.29)
0.02
Vasopressors
4.25 (2.13–8.47)
<0.001
Antibiotics during MICU stay
Aminoglycoside
2.67 (0.84–8.53)
0.09
Fluoroquinolones
1.46 (0.65–3.83)
0.46
Colistin
1.83 (0.59–5.62)
0.35
Vancomycin
1.42 (0.52–3.83)
0.51
Outcome
Hospital length of stay
1.02 (0.99–1.05)
0.11
AKI during MICU stay
2.44 (1.07–5.56)
0.03
AKI: acute kidney injury; MICU: medical intensive care unit; CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio. Predictive power of final model. C statistics: 53.7%. value ≤0.05; value ≤0.01; value ≤0.001. The bold values are significant with one star <0.05, with two stars <0.01, with three stars <0.001.
