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Table 5 Multivariable analysis of factors independently associated with 30-day mortality using multiple imputations (4587 patients, 500 died within 30 days)

From: Pre-hospital predictors of an adverse outcome among patients with dyspnoea as the main symptom assessed by pre-hospital emergency nurses - a retrospective observational study

 

Multiple imputations (500 + 4087)

ORa (95%CI) a

p

Age

 

< 0.0001

  < =65

1

1

 66–80

2.57 (1.76,3.75)

 

  > 80

3.68 (2.56,5.28)

 

Pulmonary disease

0.68 (0.55,0.84)

0.0004

Renal disease

1.46 (1.11,1.91)

0.007

Cancer

1.81 (1.45,2.25)

< 0.0001

Respiratory rate < 8 or > 25 (breaths/min)

1.52 (1.21,1.90)

0.0003

Saturation < 90 (%)

2.61 (2.10,3.24)

< 0.0001

Systolic blood pressure < 90 (mmHg)

5.13 (3.18,8.27)

< 0.0001

Body temperature < 35.0 or > 41.0 (°C)

4.41 (1.78,10.96)

0.001

Degree of consciousness (RLS) > 2

3.61 (2.08,6.29)

< 0.0001

  1. a Odds ratio with corresponding confidence interval