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Multivariate analysis of the factors associated with secondary sepsis in critically ill patients with blood stream infection. |
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| Odd ratio |
Variable type |
95% CI |
p |
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| Time elapsed from ICU admission |
1.38 |
continuous |
1.23 |
1.54 |
< 0.001 |
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| Log10PCT |
0.33 |
continuous |
0.16 |
0.70 |
0.004 |
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| Candidemia (Yes) |
7.02 |
dichotomous |
1.48 |
33.2 |
0.014 |
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| Previous exposure to antibiotic therapy with in vitro activity against the involved pathogen (Yes) |
4.28 |
dichotomous |
1.31 |
13.95 |
0.016 |
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ICU: Intensive Care Unit; PCT: Procalcitonin; CI: Confidence Interval. | |||||
Charles et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:163 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-163 |
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