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. 2021 Mar;31(2):311–320. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v31i2.14

Table 6.

Factors associated with mortality of critically ill children, JMC, 2019

Variables
Category
Outcome of
the patient
p-value COR(CI) p-value
for
AOR
AOR(CI)
Dysglycemia Hypoglycemia Death 0.00 18.8(6.67–53.94) 0.68 0.76(0.19–2.94)
at admission Hyperglycemia
0.15 2.03(0.77–5.39) 0.23 3.70(0.4530.66)
Euglycemia 1 1 1 1
Hypoglycemia Unknown © 0.61 1.49(0.32–6.90) 0.21 1.76(0.73–4.25)
Hyperglycemia 0.29 1.44(0.74–2.82) 0.47 2.05(0.29–14.15)
Euglycemia 1 1 1 1
Dysglycemia Hypoglycemia Death 0.004 4.02(1.54–10.47) 0.007 6.26(1.63–23.96)
at 4 hours Hyperglycemia 0.00 30.89(10.01–95.23) 0.03 10.9(1.28–94.53)
Euglycemia 1 1 1 1
Hypoglycemia ©Unknown 0.98 1.01(0.49–2.07) 0.51 0.73(0.29–1.87)
Hyperglycemia 0.82 0.78(0.98–6.26) 0.58 0.48(0.04–6.48)
Euglycemia 1 1 1 1
Seizure at Yes Death 0.02 3.04(1.22–7.62) 0.18 2.23(0.70–7.14)
admission No 1 1 1 1
Yes ©Unknown 0.69 0.81(0.28–2.36) 0.63 0.76(0.26–2.28)
No 1 1 1 1
Mental Impaired Death 0.00 5.31(2.22–12.71) 0.008 4.35(1.17–12.87)
status at Alert 1 1 1 1
admission Impaired ©Unknown 0.64 1.27(0.47–3.47) 0.71 1.21(0.44–3.33)
Alert 1 1 1 1
Shock at Yes Death 0.001 16.83(3.23–87.87) 0.05 7.35(1.03–55.13)
admission No 1 1 1 1
Yes ©Unknown 0.36 2.93(0.30–28.73) 0.46 2.40(0.23–24.50)
No 1 1 1 1
Sepsis at Yes Death 0.03 3.76(1.18–12.02) 0.02 5.25(1.25–22.09)
admission No 1 1 1 1
Yes Unknown 0.23 2.01(0.65–6.21) 0.18 2.20(0.70–6.95)
No 1 1 1 1
Acute Yes Death 0.01 5.94(1.98–17.83) 0.002 8.04(2.50–29.81)
abdomen at No 1 1 1 1
admission Yes Unknown 0.13 2.43(0.77–7.66) 0.12 2.50(0.78–8.02)
No 1 1 1 1

©Unknown include patients who left against medical advice and who disappeared from treatment before they finished their course of treatment