Patients Hospitalized in General Wards via the Emergency Department: Early Identification of Predisposing Factors for Death or Unexpected Intensive Care Unit Admission—A Historical Prospective
Table 4
Factors retained by multivariate logistic regression to predict hospital death (of all causes) in our population.
Variable
Adjusted odd ratio
95% CI
Glasgow coma score below 12
18.02
7.66–42.41
<0.0001
Age higher than 60 yrs
3.90
2.47–6.20
<0.0001
Oxygen therapy on the ED
2.22
1.53–3.21
<0.0001
Platelet count below 150 g/L
2.13
1.40–3.25
0.0004
Serum chloride below 100 mMol/L
2.08
1.45–2.96
0.0001
Use of psychoactive drug(s)
2.02
1.39–2.94
0.0003
Current medications unknown
1.89
1.11–3.23
0.0188
Kaliemia (for 1 mMol/L increase)
1.56
1.23–1.97
0.0002
Male gender
1.47
1.02–2.13
0.0380
INR (for 1 unit increase)
1.22
1.07–1.39
0.0035
Neutrophils (for 1 g/L increase)
1.06
1.03–1.09
<0.0001
Maximal heart rate (for 1 beat/min increase)
1.01
1.00–1.02
0.0022
Hemoglobin (for 1 g/dL increase)
0.85
0.79–0.92
<0.0001
ED: emergency department; INR: international normalized ratio for prothrombin time.
