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Table 2 The association of factors for intensive care in patients with variceal bleeding

From: Usefulness of the d-dimer to albumin ratio for risk assessment in patients with acute variceal bleeding at the emergency department: retrospective observational study

Factor

Non-ICU (N = 51)

ICU (N = 67)

Need for intensive care

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjust ORa (95% CI)

D-dimer to albumin ratio ≥ 400, n (%)

12 (23.5%)

37 (55.2%)

4.008 (1.789–8.979)

5.636 (2.216–14.332)

MEWS

2 (1–5)

3 (1–10)

1.470 (1.157–0.867)

1.516 (1.163–1.976)

MELD

12 (8–30)

16 (7–37)

1.086 (1.012–1.166)

1.072 (0.998–1.152)

Child–Pugh score

7 (5–12)

8 (5–14)

1.290(1.044–1.593)

1.26 0(1.017–1.560)

GBS

11 (0–17)

13 (5–18)

1.215 (1.081–1.365)

1.207 (1.071–1.361)

AIMS65 score

1 (0–3)

2 (0–5)

1.896 (1.313–2.738)

2.075 (1.384–3.111)

Rockall Score (Pre-endoscopy)

4 (0–5)

4 (2–7)

1.568 (1.099–2.236)

1.715 (1.160–2.534)

Shock index

0.77 (0.36–1.65)

1.00 (0.26–1.88)

6.723 (1.901–23.779)

7.739 (1.991–30.078)

  1. ICU Intensive care unit, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, MEWS Modified early warning score, MELD Model for end-stage liver disease, GBS Glasgow-blatchford score
  2. aControlling for centered age, sex, and recent hemorrhage after endoscopy