Clinical Study
Sepsis-Related Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Brazilian Infants: The Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Table 5
Risk factors for mortality and for survival in the 71VLBW infants with sepsis, identified by predictive model based on a backward step-by-step unconditional multivariate logistic regression.
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Odds ratio (OR) for the probability of death by sepsis IC95 = 95% confidence interval. (a) variable used in step 1 length of stay 28 days (b) variable used in step 2 birth weight 1000 g. (c) variable used in step 3 mechanical ventilation . |