Old subjects with sepsis in the emergency department: trend analysis of case fatality rate

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Predictors of case fatality rate in subjects with sepsis related hospitalizations by variables included in the logistic model

Variables	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P value
ICU admission	15.03	7.33–30.81	<0.001
Cardio-vascular dysfunction	13.53	9.94–18.43	<0.001
HIV	10.94	3.75–31.93	<0.001
Diabetes	3.01	2.35–3.85	<0.001
Age ≥ 80 years	2.32	1.79–3.10	<0.001
Respiratory diseases	2.17	1.60–2.94	<0.001
Digestive diseases	1.93	1.27–2.93	0.002
Dementia	1.82	1.43–2.34	0.001
No. of organ dysfunction	1.62	1.27–2.06	<0.001
Cancer	1.48	1.17–1.88	0.001

Variables not included in the model: sex, mode of arrival in ED, the score criteria of Systemic Inflammatory Response syndrome (SIRS), infectious parasitic disease, nervous, circulatory and genitourinary diseases diagnoses, COPD, CKD, Charlson index, hematologic, neurologic, renal, respiratory and hepatic dysfunction, and ED waiting time, ED length-of-stay, as dichotomized variables. Data are reported as odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals (CI)

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