Abnormal Admission Chest X-Ray and MEWS as ICU Outcome Predictors in a Sub-Saharan Tertiary Hospital: A Prospective Observational Study

Table 2

Mortality risk factors in ventilated patients.

Variable	Outcome status		IRR (95% CI)	value
	Dead	Alive
Gender			1.39 (0.91–2.13)	0.135
Male	23 (53.49)	33 (68.75)
Female	20 (46.51)	15 (31.25)
MEWS			3.29 (1.00–12.02)	0.018
<5	2 (5.13)	11 (23.40)
≥5	37 (94.87)	36 (76.60)
Chest X-ray status			1.75 (0.90–3.38)	0.062
Normal	7 (17.07)	16 (34.78)
Abnormal	34 (82.93)	30 (65.22)
Costophrenic recess			1.27 (0.77–2.11)	0.387
Normal	31 (77.50)	39 (84.78)
Obscured	9 (22.50)	7 (15.22)
Pleural fluid			0.83 (0.38–1.84)	0.631
Absent	37 (90.24)	40 (86.96)
Present	4 (9.76)	6 (13.04)
Hilar			1.49 (0.88–2.50)	0.215
Normal	35 (85.37)	43 (93.48)
Obscured	6 (14.63)	3 (6.52)
Superior mediastinum			1.84 (1.23–2.73)	0.013
Normal	29 (70.73)	42 (91.30)
Abnormal	12 (29.27)	4 (8.70)
Heart shadow
Normal	34 (82.93)	42 (91.30)
Widened	7 (17.07)	4 (8.70)	1.42 (0.85–2.37)	0.241