. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 6.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 May;50(5):1006–1012. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21336

TABLE III.

Multivariate Odds of Readmission After Acute Chest Syndrome

Variable	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P-value
Prior ACS (increase of 1)	0.8 (0.6–0.95)	<0.05
Home inhaler^*	6.0 (1.2–30)	<0.05
History of asthma^*	3.8 (0.9–15)	0.06
RCSS (increase of 1)	11 (2.1–53)	<0.005
SBP at ACS (increase of 10 mg of Hg)	1.7 (0.99–2.8)	0.06
DBP at 48 hr (increase of 10 mg of Hg)	1.8 (1.2–2.8)	<0.01
Corticosteroid treatment	20 (2.6–152)	<0.005
Transfusion	0.03 (0.001–0.7)	<0.05
Hydroxyurea	2.0 (0.4–10)	NS

CI, confidence interval; ACS, acute chest syndrome; RCSS, respiratory clinical severity score; SBP, systolic blood pressure; Hg, mercury; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

Either home inhaler or history of asthma was included in the multivariate model.