Table 3.
Proximal factors associated with death in obstetric patients with sepsis.
| Death | |||||||
| Characteristics | Yes | No | RR | 95% CI | P-value | ||
| Septic shock at admission (n/%) | 8 | 36.4 | 14 | 10.5 | 3.45 | 1.64–7.25 | .001 |
| Need for vasopressors during hospitalization (n/%) | 20 | 90.9 | 36 | 27.5 | 17.32 | 4.20–71.36 | <.01∗ |
| Lactate levels at admission (Mean/SD) | 6.2 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 2.1 | – | – | <.01∗∗ |
| Lactate >2 at admission (n/%)a | 9 | 81.8 | 33 | 44.6 | 4.60 | 1.05–20.07 | .02∗ |
| SOFA at admission (Median/IQR) | 6 | 4–9.5 | 2 | 0–5 | – | – | <.01 |
| SOFA >2 at admission (n/%) | 17 | 85.0 | 57 | 43.2 | 5.97 | 1.82–19.94 | <.01∗ |
| Inadequate hydration (n/%) | 6 | 27.3 | 24 | 18.0 | 1.56 | 0.66–3.65 | .31 |
| Time until the initiation of antibiotics >1 h (n/%) | 13 | 59.1 | 67 | 50.4 | 1.35 | 0.61–2.98 | .44 |
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 2018. CI = confidence interval, RR = relative risk, SD = standard deviation.
a
Data available for 85 patients only.
∗
Fisher exact test.
∗∗
Mann–Whitney test.