The Predictive Value of Adrenomedullin for Development of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock in Emergency Department

Table 2

The independent predictor of severe sepsis and septic shock.

	B	S.E.	Wald	𝑃	Exp(B)	95.0% C.I. for EXP(B)
						Lower	Upper
AM	0.217	0.028	58.459	0.000	1.243	1.175	1.314
Gender	−0.156	0.327	0.228	0.633	0.855	0.450	1.625
Age	−0.008	0.011	0.497	0.481	0.992	0.972	1.014
SOFA	0.059	0.091	0.413	0.520	1.060	0.887	1.268
APACHE II	−0.015	0.034	0.185	0.667	0.985	0.921	1.054
Comorbidity	−0.164	0.403	0.166	0.684	0.849	0.385	1.871
Infection site	0.233	0.237	0.962	0.327	1.262	0.793	2.010
Positive culture	0.585	0.327	3.196	0.074	1.794	0.945	3.407
Constant	−9.330	1.539	36.756	0.000	0.000

AM: adrenomedullin; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; APACHE: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation.