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. 2021 Dec 8;25:421. doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03784-2

Table 3.

Factors associated with oxygenation failure by multivariate analysis among patients who were not intubated on the day of ICU admission

Univariate OR (95% CI) P value Multivariate OR (95% CI) P value
Age, years  < 0.001 0.078
  ≤ 75
  60–74 0.98 (0.72–1.32) 1.74 (0.93–3.28)
  40–59 0.58 (0.43–0.80) 1.33 (0.68–2.64)
   < 40 0.45 (0.27–0.74) 0.54 (0.14–1.82)
Genre, woman 0.73 (0.58–0.92) 0.009 0.72 (0.44–1.19) 0.203
Body mass index, kg/m2 0.870 0.178
   < 25
  25–29 1.05 (0.79–1.40) 0.89 (0.51–1.55)
  30–34 1.18 (0.86–1.63) 1.58 (0.83–3.01)
  35–39 1.14 (0.76–1.72) 1.01 (0.45–2.26)
   ≥ 40 1.05 (0.60–1.85) 2.42 (0.73–8.26)
Active smokers 1.00 (0.61–1.63) 0.996 0.83 (0.31–2.20) 0.701
SAPS II score 1.05 (1.04–1.06)  < 0.001 1.07 (1.04–1.09)  < 0.001
Treated hypertension 1.35 (1.10–1.66) 0.004 0.79 (0.51–1.23) 0.300
Known diabetes 1.31 (1.05–1.65) 0.019 0.74 (0.45–1.20) 0.222
Immunodepressiona 1.43 (0.95–2.15) 0.085 0.85 (0.32–2.23) 0.747
Frailty score 0.009 0.875
  1–3
  4 1.70 (1.16–2.51) 1.27 (0.51–3.32)
  5–9 1.46 (0.93–2.31) 1.07 (0.37–3.04)
Delay between first signs and ICU admission, days  < 0.001 0.012
   < 4
  4–7 0.84 (0.58–1.20) 0.74 (0.35–1.53)
   ≥ 8 0.44 (0.31–0.62) 0.42 (0.20–0.87)
During the first 24 h in ICU
Oxygenation technique 0.019 0.013
  Standard oxygen
  HFNC 0.98 (0.79–1.21) 0.60 (0.36–0.99)
  NIV 1.60 (1.13–2.27) 1.57 (0.78–3.21)
Cardiovascular component of the SOFA score ≥ 3 3.37 (1.75–7.00)  < 0.001 1.45 (0.37–7.53) 0.608
Renal component of the SOFA score ≥ 3 1.06 (0.68–1.66) 0.785 0.35 (0.12–0.99) 0.048
Corticosteroidsb 0.76 (0.55–1.05) 0.096 0.93 (0.46–1.88) 0.847
pH 0.12 (0.02–0.71) 0.010 0.95 (0.02–59.91) 0.980
PaCO2, mmHg 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 0.856 0.97 (0.94–1.00) 0.064
PaO2/FiO2c, mmHg  < 0.001  < 0.001
 ≤ 100
  101–200 0.43 (0.33–0.55) 0.32 (0.20–0.50)
  201–300 0.26 (0.17–0.37) 0.21 (0.10–0.41)
   > 300 0.25 (0.15–0.43) 0.23 (0.07–0.71)
HCO3, mmol/L 0.97 (0.94–0.99) 0.006 1.00 (0.97–1.03) 0.993
Lactate, mmol/L 1.31 (1.12–1.57)  < 0.001 1.28 (1.06–1.67) 0.001
Lymphocyte count < 1 × 109/L 1.59 (1.26–2.01)  < 0.001 1.20 (0.79–1.85) 0.394
Platelet count < 150 × 109/L 1.76 (1.32–2.37)  < 0.001 1.16 (0.65–2.06) 0.621
Total bilirubin concentration, µmol/L 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.990 1.00 (0.97–1.02) 0.769
ICU admission period, March 29 to May 4, 2020 0.63 (0.51–0.77)  < 0.001 0.46 (0.29–0.72)  < 0.001

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, HFNC high-flow nasal cannula, NIV noninvasive ventilation, SAPS Simplified Acute Physiology Score, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, PaCO2 partial pressure of carbon dioxide, PaO2/FiO2 partial pressure of oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen ratio, HCO3 bicarbonate

aDefined as hematological malignancies, active solid tumor, or having received specific anti-tumor treatment within a year, solid organ transplant, human immunodeficiency virus, or immunosuppressants

bIrrespective of the dose and the indication

cCalculated for all patients, including those on oxygen therapy by using conversion tables provided in the online supplement