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. 2016 May 17;24:e2689. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.0897.2689

Table 1. - Variables with association with the time until occurrence of dry eye. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 2014.

Variables Group Dry eye Hazard Ratio (HR) (CI 95%) p value
Yes No
n % n %
Sedation No 51 41.8 96 88,9 2.10 (1.46 - 3.02) < 0.001
Yes 71 58.2 12 11.1
Intubation No 27 22.1 93 86.1 3.16 (2.06 - 4.85) < 0.001
Yes 95 77.9 15 13.9
Mechanical Ventilation No 24 19.7 92 85.2 3.40 (2.17 - 5.32) < 0.001
Yes 98 80.3 16 14.8
O2 on room air No 116 95.1 50 46.3 0.12 (0.05 - 0.29) < 0.001
Yes 6 4.9 58 53.7
O2 by nasal catheter No 103 84.4 46 42.6 0.27 (0.16 - 0.44) < 0.001
Yes 19 15.6 62 57.4
Oral diet allowed No 62 50.8 37 34.3 0.43 (0.30 - 0.63) < 0.001
Yes 60 49.2 71 65.7
Feeding tube Enteral feeding 45 75.0 11 15.5 3.01 (1.64 - 5.49) < 0.001
Blinking Up to five times per minute 101 82.8 11 10.2 0.16 (0.10 - 0.26) < 0.001
More than five times per minute 21 17.2 97 89.8
Eyeball exposure No 62 50.8 104 96.3 2.43 (1.70 - 3.48) < 0.001
Yes 60 49.2 4 3.7
Oedema No 12 9.8 40 37.0 2.39 (1.31 - 4.34) 0.004
Yes 110 90.2 68 63.0
Oedema site Chemosis - left eye 45 36.9 9 8.3 1.79 (1.24 - 2.59) 0.002
Chemosis - right eye 45 36.9 9 8.3 1.79 (1.24 - 2.59) 0.002
MMII 70 57.4 34 31.5 1.47 (1.03 - 2.11) 0.033
Anasarca 9 7.4 1 0.9 3.05 (1.53 - 6.09) 0.001
Anticoagulants Yes 82 67.2 84 77.8 0.64 (0.43 - 0.93) 0.022
Hypnotics/sedatives/anxiolytics Yes 71 58.2 20 18.5 1.58 (1.10 - 2.27) 0.013
Antihypertensives Yes 19 15.6 32 29.6 0.53 (0.32 - 0.87) 0.013
Analgesic Yes 22 18.0 43 39.8 0.62 (0.39 - 0.99) 0.048
SOFA*† Yes 6.8 3.7 4.0 3.5 1.10 (1.05 - 1.15) < 0.001
APACHE II*‡ Yes 25.4 7.5 19.0 9.7 1.03 (1.01 - 1.04) < 0.001
TISS 28*§ Yes 35.8 8.1 26.7 8.7 1.06 (1.03 - 1.08) < 0.001
Postoperative time* Yes 2.9 1.0 2.6 1.1 0.44 (0.31 - 0.63) < 0.001
Hospitalization Time* Yes 3.0 0.9 2.8 1.2 0.05 (0.02 - 0.13) < 0.001
Glasgow Coma Scale* Yes 8.9 4.2 14.2 1.3 0.84 (0.80 - 0.89) < 0.001
Mechanical Ventilation Time* Yes 3.2 1.2 2.1 1.0 0.64 (0.50 - 0.82) < 0.001
O2 flow catheter* Yes 2.3 1.4 1.6 0.7 1.41 (1.01 - 1.97) 0.039
Anticoagulants* Yes 82 67.2 84 77.8 0.64 (0.43 - 0.93) 0.022
Hypnotics/sedatives/anxiolytics* Yes 71 58.2 20 18.5 1.58 (1.10 - 2.27) 0.013
Antihypertensives* Yes 19 15.6 32 29.6 0.53 (0.32 - 0.87) 0.013
Fluid balance/Daily developments (Positive)* Yes 894.3 978.1 595.2 1022.0 1.00 (1.000003 - 1.0004) 0.046

*Variables in which n corresponds to the mean and % to the standard deviation †SOFA - Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment ‡APACHE II - Acute Physiology and Chronic Health disease Classification System II §TISS 28 - Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System