Factors contributing to delay intensive care unit admission of critically ill patients from the adult emergency Department in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital

Table 3 Bivariate and Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with delayed ICU admission of critically ill patients at adult ED of TASH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020

Variables Category		ICU admission		P-value < 0.25	COR (95%CI)	P-value < 0.05	AOR (95%CI)
Variables Category		Not prolonged ED stay	Prolonged ED stay	P-value < 0.25	COR (95%CI)	P-value < 0.05	AOR (95%CI)
Age	≤50	11	56	.465	1.80 (.91,7.84)
Age	> 50	5	30		1
Sex	Male	6	55	.054*	.34(.11,1.02)	.013**	.175(.044,.693)
Sex	Female	10	31		1
Lack of ICU bed	Yes	1	55	.002*	.034(.005,.298)	.001**	.022(.002,.201)
Lack of ICU bed	No	15	31		1
Delay of investigations result	Yes	4	12	.999	1.46 (0.86, 5.23)
Delay of investigations result	No	16	70		1
Delay in therapeutic procedure	Yes	11	6	.999	9.30 (3.49, 16.31)
Delay in therapeutic procedure	No	14	71		1
Poor prognosis	Yes	9	13	.999	3.92 (1.23, 9.48)
Poor prognosis	No	12	68		1
CVD	Yes	10	22	.146*	3.08(.75,6.79)	.522	1.58(.39,6.3)
CVD	No	9	61		1
Malignancy	Yes	2	22	.155*	.35(.03,1.77)	.132	.16(.02,1.73)
Malignancy	No	16	62		1
Renal	Yes	2	16	.575	0.65 (.30,8.57)
Renal	No	14	73		1

Crude odds ratio (COR) = *P < 0.25; Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = **P < 0.05, CI Confidence interval, CVD Cardiovascular disease, ICU Intensive care unit, ED Emergency department

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