Prolonged Length of Stay in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Critically Ill Elderly Patients with Infections: A Retrospective Multicenter Study
Table 3
Multivariate logistic regression model of independent risk factors for all-cause in-hospital mortality.
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Odds ratio
95% CI
value
Odds ratio
95% CI
value
Malignancy
3.48
2.07–5.86
<0.001
3.76
1.88–7.52
<0.001
Systolic BP
0.99
0.99–1.00
0.035
1.00
0.99–1.01
0.971
Platelets
0.99
0.99–1.00
0.147
Albumin
0.55
0.40–0.76
<0.001
0.76
0.49–1.19
0.235
Lactate
1.20
1.09–1.32
<0.001
1.13
1.01–1.27
0.039
SOFA score
1.19
1.12–1.26
<0.001
1.06
0.95–1.18
0.279
Septic shock
3.07
1.98–4.77
<0.001
1.24
0.59–2.58
0.575
Vasopressor at ED
3.46
2.26–5.29
<0.001
1.35
0.60–3.06
0.467
Ventilator at ED
2.45
1.61–3.73
<0.001
1.48
0.77–2.83
0.242
ED LOS
1.01
1.01–1.02
<0.001
1.01
1.00–1.02
0.039
BP: blood pressure; ED: emergency department; LOS: length of stay.
