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Table 2 Binary logistic regression analysis of the demographic and physiological factors associated with pre-hospital mortality among pre-hospital critical care missions

From: Pre-hospital and retrieval medicine in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study of the workload and outcomes of the emergency medical retrieval service in the first decade of national coverage

  

Univariate analysis

 

Adjusted for demographic and physiological factors

 
  

Estimated OR (95% CI)

p value

Estimated OR

(95% CI)

p value

Sex

Male

Reference

 

Reference

 

Female

0.81 (0.55–1.17)

0.24

0.50 (0.10–2.56)

0.34

Age (years)

0–16

1.15 (0.59–2.25)

0.68

0.55 (0.12–2.42)

0.41

17–24

Reference

 

Reference

 

25–39

1.10 (0.61–1.98)

0.75

1.37 (0.20–9.47)

0.72

40–64

1.70 (0.95–3.07)

0.07

1.33 (0.35–5.08)

0.66

≥ 65

2.21 (1.15–4.26)

0.02

1.87 (0.32–10.78)

0.45

Distance from EMRS Base (km)

0–10

Reference

 

Reference

 

10–20

0.72 (0.52–0.99)

0.04

0.93 (0.35–2.43)

0.87

20–40

0.80 (0.57–1.12)

0.19

0.84 (0.28–2.53)

0.75

40–100

0.88 (0.62–1.23)

0.44

1.75 (0.33–9.27)

0.46

> 100

0.66 (0.43–1.02)

0.06

0.76 (0.19–2.97)

0.67

Observations on EMRS Arrival

Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

≥ 90mmHg

Reference

 

Reference

 

< 90mmHg

1423.48 (69.93- 28975.63)

< 0.01

469.93 (37.98- 5813.96)

< 0.01

Respiratory Rate (Breaths per Minute)

6–30

Reference

 

Reference

 

< 6 or > 30

142.25 (61.41- 329.51)

< 0.01

28.76 (13.58–60.90)

< 0.01

Glasgow Coma Score

15

Reference

 

Reference

 

≤ 14

167.70 (38.13- 737.53)

< 0.01

16.94 (4.81–59.69)

< 0.01