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Table 4 List of independent predictors for pulmonary failure as dependent variable in multivariate logistic regression analysis

From: Predictors of pulmonary failure following severe trauma: a trauma registry-based analysis

Risk factor

p-value

Odds ratio (CI95)

Lung injury (AISthorax ≥3)

<0.0001

1.961 (1.745-2.205)

Male gender

<0.0001

1.654 (1.460-1.874)

PMCs

<0.0001

1.581 (1.401-1.784)

Transfusion of ≥10 PRBC

<0.0001

1.418 (1.190-1.690)

Administration of PRBC

<0.0001

1.386 (1.228-1.564)

Glasgow coma scale ≤ 8

<0.0001

1.273 (1.126-1.439)

ISS per point

<0.0001

1.027 (1.022-1.032)

Age per year

<0.0001

1.015 (1.012-1.017)

  1. Abbreviations: PMC, pre-existing medical condition; PRBC, Packed Red Blood Cells; ISS, Injury Severity Score.