The Risk Factors for Mortality among Septic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the National Trauma Data Bank

Table 6

Table showing the risk factors for mortality in trauma patients who developed sepsis during their hospital stay.

	Adjusted odds ratio	95% CI	value
Age (years)	1.045	1.036–1.054	<0.001
GCS (Severe ≤ 8)
Moderate 9–12	0.683	0.392–1.188	0.177
Mild 13–15	0.467	0.328–0.667	<0.001
Comorbidities
Chronic renal failure (No)
Yes	2.564	1.528–4.301	<0.001
Cirrhosis (No)
Yes	3.699	2.267–6.033	<0.001
Hospital complications
Cardiac arrest with CPR (No)
Yes	4.994	3.381–7.378	<0.001
Acute kidney injury (No)
Yes	3.808	2.837–5.110	<0.001
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) (No)
Yes	1.688	1.197–2.379	0.003
Stroke/CVA (No)
Yes	1.998	1.075–3.714	0.029

Variables entered into the model: Age (years)—Sex—Race—Ethnicity—Comorbidities [current smoker; hypertension; diabetes mellitus; chronic renal failure; congestive heart failure; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); myocardial infarction (MI); cerebrovascular accident (CVA); peripheral arterial disease (PAD); cirrhosis; disseminated cancer; currently receiving chemotherapy for cancer; bleeding disorder; anticoagulant therapy; functionally dependent health status; steroid use; substance abuse disorder]—sbp—pulse rate—respiratory rate—pulse oximetry—trauma type—mechanism of injury—nature of injury—body region—signs of life—iss—gcs—transfusion blood (4 hours)—hospital complications [Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI); deep surgical site infection; cardiac arrest with cpr; catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI); pulmonary embolism; extremity compartment syndrome; unplanned intubation; acute kidney injury; myocardial infarction; organ/space surgical site infection; acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); stroke/CVA; superficial incisional surgical site infection; ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)].