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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of predictors associated with poison-related mortality

From: Triage vital signs predict in-hospital mortality among emergency department patients with acute poisoning: a case control study

 

OR (95%CI)

p-value

Male gender

1.9 (0.9– 3.7)

0.07

Mean BT < 36 or >37, °C

2.8 (1.5 – 5.3)

<0.01

Mean SBP < 100 or >150, mmHg

2.5 (1.4– 4.7)

<0.01

Mean HR < 35 or >120,bpm

3.1 (1.5– 6.6)

<0.01

Mean RR < 16 or >20, per minute

1.4 (0.7– 2.9)

0.38

Paraquat

28.5 (13.8– 58.8)

<0.01

Carbamate

7.7 (0.8– 72.3)

0.08

Digoxin

13.2 (4.4– 40.2)

<0.01

Hypnotics

0.2 (0.03 – 1.69)

0.15

  1. Abbreviations: OR, odds ration; SBP, systolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; RR, respiratory rate; BT, body temperature.
  2. # After excluding the paraquat poisoning patients, the ED triage vital signs exceeding cut-off values independently predicted in-hospital mortality after adjusting for variables were as follow:BT <36 or >37°C, OR 3.2, 95%CI 1.4 – 7.1, p < 0.01; SBP <100 or >150 mmHg, OR 2.2, 95%CI 1.0 – 4.5, p = 0.04; HR <35 or >120 bpm, OR 2.7, 95%CI 1.2 – 6.0, p = 0.01; RR <16 or >20 per minute, OR 2.4, 95%CI 1.0 – 5.1, p = 0.03.
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