Clinical Study

Prediction of Outcome from Community-Acquired Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock in Tertiary-Care University Hospital in a Developing Country

Table 3

Multivariate logistic regression analysis with hospital mortality as the dependent factor.

ParameterOR (95% CI) value

Positive blood culture2.39 (1.13–5.06)0.02
≥3 failed organs3.93 (1.62–9.53)0.002
SAPS II score1.02 (1.00–1.04)0.01

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; SAPS II: simplified acute physiology score II.