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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis for early death (SOL)

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

Selected variables*

Categories

P-value

OR**

IC 95% OR

1. Place of death

Ward (ref.)

1.00

Emergency room

<0.001

4.64

2.25 – 9.54

Operating room

<0.001

14.19

3.00 – 67.16

ICU

0.168

0.59

0.28 – 1.25

2. Head Injury

< 4 (ref.)

1.00

≥ 4

<0.001

0.14

0.07 – 0.29

3. Cause of death

Sepsis/MODS (ref.)

1.00

CNS/Shock

<0.001

30.39

6.60 – 140.00

Respiratory failure

0.038

17.67

1.17 – 267.44

Others

0.101

6.58

0.70 – 62.22

4. TRISS

≥ 0,50 (ref.)

1.00

< 0,5

<0.001

3.31

1.64 – 6.68

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