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Table 2 Significant risk factors for early death (SOL) using univariate logistic regression analysis

From: Epidemiology of in-hospital trauma deaths in a Brazilian university hospital

Variable*

Categories

P-value

OR**

IC 95% OR

Mechanism of Trauma

Blunt (ref.)

1.00

Penetrating

<0.001

3.20

1.81 – 5.67

Cause of death

Sepsis/MODS (ref.)

1.00

CNS/Shock

<0.001

22.83

5.45 – 95.69

Respiratory failure

0.001

27.00

3.74 – 195.17

Others

0.003

18.00

2.71 – 119.79

Place of death

Ward (ref.)

1.00

Emergency room

<0.001

5.96

3.18 – 11.18

Operating room

<0.001

150.04

8.91 – 2527.03

ICU

0.123

0.59

0.31 – 1.15

PAS

> 89 (ref.)

1.00

≤ 89

<0.001

4.09

2.46 – 6.81

Head Injury

< 4 (ref.)

1.00

≥4

<0.001

0.28

0.17 – 0.46

Chest Injury

< 4 (ref.)

1.00

≥ 4

<0.001

4.20

2.12 – 8.29

Abdomen Injury

< 4 (ref.)

1.00

≥ 4

0.006

2.59

1.31 – 5.13

Avoidable death TRISS

≥ 0,50 (ref.)

1.00

< 0,5

<0.001

4.01

2.38 – 6.76

RTS

Continuous variable

<0.001

0.782

0.698 – 0.877

TRISS

Continuous variable

<0.001

0.155

0.076 – 0.315

  1. *No early death (n =200); With early death (n =125). Ref: reference level. **OR = Reason for risk of early death; IC 95% OR = 95% confidence interval for OR (Odds Ratio).