Table 5.

Factors affecting mortality of surgical patients admitted to ICU at SPHMMC Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January 2016 to December 2017

Variables	Outcome (mortality)		OR for mortality	P value
	Died	Improved
Age
<55	19	35	1	0.197
>=55	14	14	0.54(0.21–1.37)
Sex
Male	21	28	1.31(0.53–3.25)	0.577
Female	12	21	1
Mode of admission
Emergency	31	39	0.25(0.05–1.23)	0.089
Elective	2	10	1
Use of ventilator
Ventilated	30	32	5.3(1.41–19.98)	0.013*
Not ventilated	3	17	1
Indication for ICU admission
Acute respiratory failure	16	22	0.87(3.57–2.10)
No acute respiratory failure	17	27	1	0.749
Septic shock	13	10	0.39(0.15–1.06)	0.064
No septic shock	20	39	1
Length of ICU stay
<=48 hrs	11	4	5.62 (1.60–19.69)	0.007*
>48 hrs	22	45	1

^*Statistically significant at P<0.05, OR: Odds Ratio