Table 7 Frequency distribution of in-hospital mortality adjusted by age, gender, SOFA score, SAPS III, detectability of epinephrine, levels of epinephrine, mechanical ventilation and use of vasoactive drugs
From: Catecholamine concentration as a predictor of mortality in emergency surgical patients
In-hospital mortality | All | p-value* | OR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||||
n (%) | n (%) | |||||
Age | ||||||
≤ 60 | 10 (20.8) | 38 (79.2) | 48 (53.3) | 0.01 | 1.00 (Reference) | |
> 60 | 20 (47.6) | 22 (52.4) | 42 (46.7) | 3.45 (1.37; 8.70) | ||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 17 (27.4) | 45 (72.6) | 62 (68.9) | 0.09 | 1.00 (Reference) | |
Female | 13 (46.4) | 15 (53.6) | 28 (31.1) | 2.29 (0.91; 5.81) | ||
SOFA score | ||||||
1 (< 9) | 12 (21.4) | 44 (78.6) | 56 (62.2) | < 0.01 | 1.00 (Reference) | |
2 (9–11) | 9 (52.9) | 8 (47.1) | 17 (18.9) | 4.13 (1.31; 12.98) | ||
3 (> 12) | 9 (52.9) | 8 (47.1) | 17 (18.9) | 4.13 (1.31; 12.98) | ||
Epinephrine | ||||||
1 (Detectable) | 9 (30.0) | 21 (70.0) | 30 (33.3) | 0.81 | 1.00 (Reference) | |
0 (Undetectable) | 21 (35.0) | 39 (65.0) | 60 (66.7) | 1.26 (0.49; 3.23) | ||
Norepinephrine | ||||||
1 (< 2006.5) | 8 (20.5) | 31 (79.5) | 39 (43.3) | 0.02 | 1.00 (Reference) | |
2 (≥ 2006.5) | 22 (43.1) | 29 (56.9) | 51 (56.7) | 2.94 (1.13; 7.64) | ||
Glasgow | ||||||
1 (3–8) | 22 (43.1) | 29 (56.9) | 51 (56.7) | < 0.01 | 5.12 (1.56; 16.78) | |
2 (9–12) | 4 (50.0) | 4 (50.0) | 8 (8.9) | 6.75 (1.19; 38.40) | ||
3 (13–15) | 4 (12.9) | 27 (87.1) | 31 (34.4) | 1.00 (Reference) | ||
SAPS III | ||||||
1 (17–41) | 2 (9.1) | 20 (90.9) | 22 (24.5) | < 0.01 | 1.00 Reference | |
2 (42–52) | 4 (19.0) | 17 (80.9) | 21 (23.3) | 2.35 (0.38; 14.47) | ||
3 (53–63) | 10 (47.6) | 11 (52.4) | 21 (23.3) | 9.09 (1.68; 49.12) | ||
4 (64–103) | 14 (53.8) | 12 (46.2) | 26 (28.9) | 11.67 (2.25; 60.47) | ||
Mechanical Ventilation | ||||||
0 (yes) | 26 (43.3) | 34 (56.7) | 60 (66.7) | < 0.01 | 4.97 (1.54; 16.01) | |
1 (no) | 4 (13.3) | 26 (86.7) | 30 (33.3) | 1.00 Reference | ||
Vasoactive drugs | ||||||
0 (yes) | 24 (80.0) | 31 (51.7) | 55 (61.1) | 0.01 | 1.00 Reference | |
1 (no) | 6 (20.0) | 29 (48.3) | 35 (38.9) | 3.74 (1.34; 10.46) | ||
Lactate | ||||||
1 (normal) | 22 (75.9) | 49 (84.5) | 71 (81.6) | 0.23 | 1.00 Reference | |
2 (moderately elevated) | 2 (6.9) | 6 (10.3) | 8 (9.2) | 1.35 (0.25; 7.21) | ||
3 (severely elevated) | 5 (17.2) | 3 (5.2) | 8 (9.2) | 0.27 (0.06; 1.23) | ||