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Risk factors for in-patient death |
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| Parameter |
Survived (n = 15) |
Died (n = 18) |
UV (P-value) |
MV (P-value) |
OR (95%CI) |
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| Age (yr) |
56 ± 13 |
62 ± 12 |
0.36 |
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| Temperature (°C) |
37.5 ± 1.2 |
36.9 ± 1.5 |
0.36 |
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| Platelets (×109/l) |
153 ± 99 |
144 ± 106 |
0.80 |
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| Heart rate (bpm) |
109 ± 16 |
104 ± 30 |
0.60 |
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| C-reactive protein (mg/dl) |
11.7 ± 8.9 |
10.6 ± 6.2 |
0.37 |
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| Illness duration (days) |
28 ± 31 |
18 ± 22 |
0.45 |
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| AV-block |
1 |
5 |
0.18 |
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| Acute renal failure |
3 |
10 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
5 (1.04–24.03) |
| Congestive heart failure |
10 |
11 |
0.74 |
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| Septic shock |
4 |
3 |
0.67 |
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| Systemic emboli |
10 |
10 |
0.51 |
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| CPR before admission |
0 |
3 |
0.23 |
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| Aortic valve endocarditis |
9 |
14 |
0.44 |
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| Mitral valve endocarditis |
7 |
7 |
0.65 |
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| Native valve endocarditis |
11 |
14 |
1.00 |
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| Prosthetic valve endocarditis |
3 |
4 |
1.00 |
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| Cavities on echo |
6 |
10 |
0.37 |
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| Vegetation on echo |
13 |
13 |
0.41 |
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| WBC >15 × 109/l |
4 |
11 |
0.04 |
0.18 |
2.9 (0.60–54.0) |
| Staphylococcus aureus |
7 |
5 |
0.26 |
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| Streptococcus viridans |
2 |
3 |
0.68 |
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| Culture-negative endocarditis |
5 |
5 |
1.0 |
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| Early appropriate antibiotics |
10 |
8 |
0.2 |
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Continuous variables are presented as median ± SD (range), and categorical measures are presented as n. AV, atrioventricular; CI, confidence interval; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; MV, multivariate analysis; OR, odds ratio; UV, univariate analysis; WBC, white blood cell count. | |||||
Delle Karth et al. Critical Care 2002 6:149 doi:10.1186/cc1474 |
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