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. 2015 Jun 3;5:13. doi: 10.1186/s13613-015-0053-0

Table 3.

Predictors of mortality in the ICU, in hospital, and at 1 year after admission

ICU mortality (n = 389) Hospital mortality for ICU survivors (n = 294) 1-year mortality for hospital survivors (n = 230)
Adjusted HR (95 % CI) Adjusted HR (95 % CI) Adjusted HR (95 % CI)
Age, years 1.10 (1.03–1.18)a
Male
Ventilator support
 Mechanical ventilator support 1.99 (1.10–3.60)a 1.40 (0.81–2.43)
 Non-invasive ventilator support 0.87 (0.51–1.49)
Severity score, mean
 SAPS II 1.03 (1.01–1.04)a 1.01 (0.99–1.03) 1.01 (0.99–1.03)
 Max. SOFA 1.20 (1.10–1.31)a 1.03 (0.95–1.12)
Comorbidity
 None (CCI 0) 1.00 1.00
 Mild (CCI 1–2) 0.68 (0.35–1.30) 1.02 (0.43–2.46)
 Moderate (CCI 3–4) 0.53 (0.25–1.11) 1.06 (0.42–2.65)
 Severe (CCI ≥ 5) 0.53 (0.23–1.25) 2.09 (0.99–5.39)
Severe organ dysfunction
 Respiration 1.05 (0.55–1.97)
 Circulation 0.76 (0.39–1.48)
 Renal 1.50 (0.88–2.54)
 CNS 1.19 (0.71–1.99)
 Coagulation
 Liver
Admission categories
 Planned surgery 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Unplanned surgery 1.40 (0.54–3.65) 3.46 (1.06–11.24)a 2.02 (0.88–4.64)
 Medical reasons 2.11 (0.80–5.58) 3.17 (0.94–10.76) 1.97 (0.83–4.70)
Diagnostic groups
 Respiratory failure 1.03 (0.55–1.90) 1.86 (1.13–3.07)a
 Circulatory failure
 Combined respiratory and circulatory failure
 Neurologic failure 1.67 (0.86–3.25)
 Isolated head injury 1.56 (0.58–4.18) 9.12 (2.44–34.14)a
 Sepsis 1.20 (0.63–2.69)
 Gastroenterological failure
 Multiple organ failure 1.27 (0.60–2.69) 1.67 (0.64–4.31)
 Multitrauma without head injury
 Multitrauma with head injury 2.99 (1.04–8.60)a
 Planned surgery
 Acute operation
 Unspecified

ICU intensive care unit, SAPS II simplified acute physiology score II, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, CCI Charlson comorbidity index

aSignificant differences