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. 2020 May 6;9(5):1357. doi: 10.3390/jcm9051357

Table 3.

The association between acute myocardial infarction and in-hospital treatments, complications, outcomes, and resource utilization in heat stroke patients.

Univariable Analysis Multivariable Analysis
Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI) p-Value Adjusted Odds Ratio * (95% CI) p-Value
Treatments
Invasive mechanical ventilation 3.10 (2.34–4.10) <0.001 4.53 (3.29–6.24) <0.001
Blood component transfusion 4.14 (2.78–6.18) <0.001 4.57 (2.97–7.04) <0.001
Renal replacement therapy 2.48 (1.29–4.77) 0.007 2.32 (1.13–4.77) 0.02
Complications and outcomes
Hyponatremia 0.68 (0.39–1.19) 0.18 0.68 (0.39–1.20) 0.18
Hypernatremia 1.37 (0.80–2.33) 0.25 1.37 (0.80–2.36) 0.26
Hypokalemia 0.95 (0.65–1.40) 0.79 0.96 (0.64–1.42) 0.82
Hyperkalemia 1.13 (0.59–2.19) 0.71 1.11 (0.57–2.17) 0.76
Hypocalcemia 0.59 (0.19–1.90) 0.38 0.64 (0.20–2.09) 0.46
Hypercalcemia 0.39 (0.05–2.83) 0.39 0.58 (0.08–4.38) 0.60
Rhabdomyolysis 1.32 (0.99–1.75) 0.05 1.87 (1.37–2.53) <0.001
Metabolic acidosis 1.85 (1.33–2.57) <0.001 2.22 (1.57–3.15) <0.001
Metabolic alkalosis 2.26 (0.78–6.55) 0.13 1.97 (0.65–5.92) 0.23
Sepsis 3.73 (2.43–5.74) <0.001 3.31 (2.11–5.21) <0.001
Gastrointestinal bleeding 6.26 (3.44–11.42) <0.001 10.95 (3.37–35.50) <0.001
Ventricular arrhythmia/cardiac arrest 2.97 (1.71–5.18) <0.001 3.07 (1.71–5.48) <0.001
Renal failure 1.52 (1.16–2.00) 0.003 1.85 (1.38–2.47) <0.001
Respiratory failure 3.66 (2.75–4.86) <0.001 4.64 (3.39–6.35) <0.001
Circulatory failure 1.71 (1.20–2.45) 0.003 1.79 (1.24–2.59) 0.002
Liver failure 3.42 (2.30–5.07) <0.001 5.48 (3.50–8.59) <0.001
Neurological failure 1.91 (1.41–2.57) <0.001 1.96 (1.45–2.67) <0.001
Hematological failure 2.58 (1.88–3.53) <0.001 3.22 (2.28–4.55) <0.001
In-hospital mortality 4.17 (2.79–6.22) <0.001 5.21 (3.37–8.06) <0.001
Coefficient (95% CI) p-value Adjusted coefficient (95% CI) p-value
Resource utilization
Length of hospital stay (days) 3.9 (3.8–4.3) <0.001 3.9 (3.0–4.8) <0.001
Hospitalization cost ($) 39,687 (29,832–49,541) <0.001 41,321 (31,465–51,177) <0.001

* Adjusted for age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol drinking, obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, hypothyroidism, chronic kidney disease, chronic ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, and atrial flutter/fibrillation.