Procalcitonin Value Is an Early Prognostic Factor Related to Mortality in Admission to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Table 3

Risk factors of patients with procalcitonin >10 ng/mL (logistic regression models).

Risk	value	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval
Mechanical ventilation	0.281	1.532	0.705–3.332
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation	0.822	1.078	0.559–2.078
Inotropic medication	0.121	1.906	0.844–4.305
Death	0.043	2.364	0.633–5.829
Blood product transfusions	≤0.001	9.751	4.208–22.596
Acute kidney injury	0.035	2.333	1.061–5.131
Continuous renal replacement therapy	0.469	1.410	0.556–3.574

Multivariate logistic regression analysis.