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The Risk of Death among Patients with Healthcare-associated Infections and Cardiovascular Diseases Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in Romania Cover

The Risk of Death among Patients with Healthcare-associated Infections and Cardiovascular Diseases Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in Romania

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|Jan 2024

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Figure 1.

Multidrug resistance among the most frequent bacteria
Multidrug resistance among the most frequent bacteria

Uni- and multivariable analysis of risk factors associated with death among patients in the case group

Risk factorsPatients who survived n = 52Patients who died n = 79Univariable analysisMultivariable analysis

cOR (95% CI)p valueaOR (95% CI)p value
Aortic dissection780.72 (0.24–2.13)0.55
Valvulopathy17271.06 (0.5–2.24)0.86
Diabetes mellitus262.05 (0.39–10.59)0.38
Chronic hypertension16200.76 (0.35–1.65)0.49
Ischemic cardiomyopathy4183.54 (1.12–11.15)0.033.49 (1.97–12.54)0.04
Cardiac failure12241.45 (0.65–3.24)0.36
Endocarditis340.87 (0.18–4.06)0.86
Acute myocardial infarction8242.4 (1.98–5.86)0.042.41 (0.83–6.97)0.10
Acute pulmonary edema2114.04 (1.85–19.05)0.032.27 (0.41–12.43)0.34
Cardiorespiratory arrest7171.76 (0.67–4.6)0.24
Multidrug-resistant organism19605.48 (2.55–11.78)0.00013.87 (1.53–9.18)0.004
Klebsiella pneumoniae12322.26 (1.03–4.98)0.0411.24 (0.46–3.36)0.66
Acinetobacter baumannii3247.12 (2.02–25.13)0.0025.97 (1.53–23.28)0.01
Pseudomonas aeruginosa4111.94 (0.58–6.46)0.280
Staphylococcus aureus8100.79 (0.29–2.17)0.658
Longer hospitalization in the ICU1.03 (0.99–1.078)0.11

Uni- and multivariable analysis of risk factors associated with death among all patients in the study

Risk factorsPatients who survived n = 161 (61%)Patients who died n = 101 (39%)Univariable analysisMultivariable analysis

cOR (95% CI)p valueaOR (95% CI)p value
Aortic dissection15111.19 (0.52–2.7)0.67
Valvulopathy63281.59 (1.34–2.02)0.040.68 (0.33–1.37)0.28
Diabetes mellitus1081.29 (0.49–3.4)0.59
Chronic hypertension38251.06 (0.59–1.9)0.83
Ischemic cardiomyopathy33241.2 (0.66–2.19)0.53
Cardiac failure33291.56 (0.87–2.78)0.12
Endocarditis342.17 (0.47–9.91)0.31
Acute myocardial infarction15334.72 (2.4–9.27)0.0014.50 (1.92–10.51)0.001
Acute pulmonary edema4114.79 (1.48–15.50)0.0091.13 (0.27–4.70)0.85
Cardiorespiratory arrest12233.66 (1.73–7.74)0.0011.64 (0.61–4.44)0.32
Multidrug-resistant organism196010.93 (5.87–20.37)0.0013.43 (1.31–8.95)0.012
Klebsiella pneumoniae12325.75 (2.79–11.85)0.0012.01 (0.72–5.66)0.18
Acinetobacter baumannii32416.41 (4.79–56.2)0.0018.99 (2.21–36.45)0.002
Pseudomonas aeruginosa4125.29 (1.65–16.89)0.0053.63 (0.89–14.7)0.07
Staphylococcus aureus8102.1 (0.8–5.51)0.13
Being part of the case group52797.72 (4.22–13.39)0.0011.72 (0.07–3.97)0.19

Uni- and multivariable analysis of risk factors associated with death among patients in the control group

Risk factorsPatients who survived n = 109Patients who died n = 22Univariable analysisMultivariable analysis

cOR (95% CI)p valueaOR (95% CI)p value
Aortic dissection831.93 (0.48–8.2)0.33
Valvulopathy4611.21 (1.08–2.23)0.041.12 (1.01–2.00)0.04
Diabetes mellitus821.26 (0.24–6.39)0.77
Chronic hypertension2251.16 (0.38–3.49)0.78
Ischemic cardiomyopathy2961.03 (0.36–2.89)0.94
Cardiac failure2151.23 (0.4–3.72)0.71
Acute myocardial infarction7910.08 (3.21–31.66)0.0015.39 (1.14–17.99)0.04
Cardiorespiratory arrest567.8 (2.12–28.57)0.023.89 (0.95–15.92)0.059
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jce-2024-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2457-5518 | Journal ISSN: 2457-550X
Language: English
Page range: 71 - 77
Submitted on: Dec 15, 2023
Accepted on: Jan 11, 2024
Published on: Jan 22, 2024
Published by: Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2024 Mihaela-Alexandra Budianu, Liviu Moraru, Andrada Larisa Roiban, Bogdan-Mihai Budianu, Judit Kovacs, Melinda-Ildiko Mitranovici, Septimiu Voidăzan, published by Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED
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