Sepsis-Related Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Brazilian Infants: The Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Table 4

Risk factors associated with sepsis-related mortality and sepsis relate survival of 71 VLBW infants with sepsis, Servidores Estado Hospital, April 2001/September 2004.

Risk factor	OR	CI 95	𝑃
Sepsis-related mortality
Gestational age ≤ 28 weeks	14.67	2.12–116.07	.000
Birth weight ≤ 1000 g	10.93	2.76–47.15	.000
5th minute Apgar ≤ 7	5.41	0.75–47.61	.064 (Fisher)
Gram-negative organisms	2.91	1.14–7.45	.023
Use of mechanical ventilation	11.05	2.34–53.04	.003
Use of intravascular catheter	3.11	1.08–8.93	.003
Sepsis-related survival
Enteral feeding onset ≤ 72 hours	0.10	0.00–0.79	.022

OR = odds ratio
IC 95 = 95% confidence interval.