Determining the Independent Risk Factors and Mortality Rate of Nosocomial Infections in Pediatric Patients

Table 3

Multivariate logistic regression analysis in prediction of independent risk factors for hospital infections.

	⁢Unadjusted		⁢Adjusted
	OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
Prolonged hospitalization	14.1 (6.49–30.7)	<0.001	4.64 (1.75–12.3)	0.002
Neutropenia	4.04 (1.53–10.6)	0.003	5.31 (1.21–23.3)	0.027
Use of central venous catheter	13.5 (3.07–59.9)	<0.001	6.19 (1.05–36.3)	0.043
Transfusion	5.44 (2.70–10.9)	<0.001	0.44 (0.13–1.48)	0.188
Enteral feeding via a nasogastric tube	3.97 (2.06–7.66)	<0.001	3.31 (0.94–11.5)	0.061
Mechanical ventilation	5.11 (2.43–10.7)	<0.001	1.13 (0.29–4.34)	0.857
Use of carbapenems	9.47 (4.32–20.7)	<0.001	3.09 (1.09–8.76)	0.034
Use of glycopeptides	12.7 (4.27–38.1)	<0.001	3.18 (0.84–11.9)	0.087
Use of aminoglycosides	5.89 (1.90–18.2)	0.001	2.23 (0.55–9.00)	0.258

R square = 0.544.