Influence of antibiotic-regimens on intensive-care unit-mortality and liver-cirrhosis as risk factor

Table 4 Risk factors for in hospital mortality n (%)

Characteristic	Patients who died in hospital	Patients surviving	Odds ratio	P value
Age (yr)	63	60		0.0011
SAPS II score (mean)	47	37		< 0.000001
TISS score (mean)	12.8	8.5		< 0.000001
Number of comorbid conditions			1.851 [1.446-2.369]	< 0.000001
Chemotherapy for malignoma within 3 mo prior to admission			2.385 [1.605-3.543]	0.000017
Clinical infection on admission			2.883 [2.312-3.595]	< 0.000001
Septic-shock on admission			4.993 [3.707-6.727]	< 0.000001
Bacteriemia			2.119 [1.515-2.962]	< 0.000001
Multiresistant-bacterial infections			2.189 [1.664-2.879]	< 0.000001
mechanical ventilation during ICU stay			5.018 [3.981-6.324]	< 0.000001
C-reactive-protein at admission (mg/dL)	8.76	6.23		< 0.000001
Creatinine-values at admission (mg/dL)	1.93	1.644		< 0.000001
Bilirubin-values at admission (mg/dL)	3.175	1.818		0.0014
INR	1.81	1.46		< 0.000001

SAPS II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; TISS: Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System; ICU: Intensive care unit.