Table 4.
Multivariate analysis for 28-day mortality risk factors in liver cirrhosis patients in intensive care.
| Baseline variables | p | Odds ratio | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | ||||
| Mortality at 28 days (n = 96) | Lactate | 0.4 | 1.07 | 0.92 | 1.24 |
| C-reactive protein | 0.07 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.02 | |
| SAPS II | 0.048 | 1.04 | 1.00 | 1.09 | |
| Bilirubin | 0.001 | 1.13 | 1.05 | 1.21 | |
| Variables included: white blood cell count, bilirubin, urea, SAPS II score, lactate, West-Haven score, paracentesis at admission | |||||
| Mortality at 28 days (n = 55) | Baseline AhP | 0.09 | 0.31 | 0.08 | 1.20 |
| SAPS II | 0.08 | 1.04 | 1.00 | 1.09 | |
| West-Haven score | 0.02 | 1.88 | 1.11 | 3.21 | |
| Variables included: white blood cell count, bilirubin, urea, SAPS II score, lactate, West-Haven score, paracentesis and AhP at baseline | |||||
Paracentesis corresponds to both diagnostic and large-volume paracentesis.
C.I. confidence interval; SAPS simplified acute physiologic score; AhP abdominal hypoperfusion