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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 Oct;19(10):925–929. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001675

Table 2.

Multiple Logistic Regression Model of Dose of RBCs and the Subsequent Development of Delirium in Transfused Patients

Predictor Variables OR (95% CI) p-value

Dose RBC transfusion
 5 mL/kg 1.38 (1.07–1.78) 0.014
 10 mL/kg 1.90 (1.14–3.17) 0.014
 15 mL/kg 2.61 (1.21–5.63) 0.014

Age (> 13 years as reference)
 < 1 year of age 1.87 (0.47–7.47) 0.940
 1–3 years of age 1.54 (0.33–7.14) 0.612
 3–6 years of age 3.68 (0.83–16.32) 0.112
 6–12 years of age 2.45 (0.55–10.93) 0.552

Gender (male as reference) 1.38 (0.60–3.17) 0.456

PICU LOS (days) 0.99 (0.97–1.02) 0.501

Probability of mortality 1.22 (0.08–19.24) 0.889

Probability of mortality was determined by the Pediatric Index of Mortality-3 score.