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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 Mar;16(3):276–288. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000345

TABLE 3.

Risk Factors for Hemorrhage in Cardiac Medical Patients

Characteristics Unadjusted Adjusted


OR 95% CI pa OR 95% CI pb
Male sex 0.97 0.76–1.22 0.77

Race
 Caucasian Ref Ref
 African American 0.92 0.67–1.26 0.06 0.92 0.67–1.28 0.06
 Asian 1.43 0.90–2.25 1.26 0.77–2.05
 Hispanic 1.40 0.98–2.01 1.40 0.96–2.04
 Other 1.64 0.97–2.76 1.85 1.08–3.17

Age group
 Neonate (0–28 d) Ref 0.003 Ref 0.002
 Infant (29–365 d) 1.02 0.74–1.40 1.04 0.74–1.45
 Child (366 d to 18 yr) 1.53 1.16–2.00 1.66 1.22–2.25

Cardiac diagnosis
 CHD 0.99 0.78–1.26 0.95
 Non-CHD Ref

Genetic anomaly 1.42 0.64–3.10 0.38

Pre-ECMO
 Pre-ECMO support
  Pressor support 1.10 0.79–1.54 0.57
  Cardiac mechanical support 1.65 0.60–4.52 0.31
  Pulmonary vasodilatory support 1.02 0.75–1.37 0.91
  Systemic afterload reduction 1.17 0.91–1.52 0.22
  Steroids 0.82 0.35–1.79 0.62
  Bicarbonate 1.10 0.83–1.45 0.50
 Pre-ECMO re-exploration for bleeding/mediastinal exploration 20.8 4.21 to infinity 0.0002

On ECMO
 Duration of ECMO, hr < 0.0001 < 0.0001
  < 128 (< 50th percentile) Ref Ref
  128–219 (50th to 75th percentile) 1.29 0.96–1.72 1.37 1.01–1.86
  ≥219 (> 75th percentile) 1.88 1.41–2.50 2.05 1.52–2.77
 ECMO mode 0.22
  Venoarterial 2.00 0.70–7.14
  Venovenous or other Ref
 Cannulation site 0.01 0.0005
  Chest 1.44 1.10–1.88 1.75 1.32–2.33
  Neck Ref Ref
  Groin or other 1.57 1.03–2.40 1.28 0.81–2.03

OR = odds ratio, Ref = reference category, CHD = congenital heart disease, ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

a

p value from univariate logistic regression.

b

p value from multivariable logistic regression.