Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 3 Multivariate analysis

From: Chloride administration in the intensive care unit, an independent predictor of mortality

	Hospital mortality
	24 Hour			48 Hour			72 Hour
	Odd ratio	Confidence interval	P value	Odd ratio	Confidence interval	P value	Odd ratio	Confidence interval	P value
Variable
APACHE 4 predicted mortality	14.352	8.84-23.31	0.000	14.6	8.88-24.31	0.000	11.74	7.51-18.35	0.000
Age	1.023	1.010-1.035	0.000	1.022	1.009-1.035	0.001	1.026	1.014-0.782	0.000
Total fluid administration	0.635	0.443-0.908	0.013	0.654	0.486-0.881	0.005	0.613	0.480-0.782	0.000
Chloride loading	1.004	1.001-1.007	0.013	1.004	1.001-1.006	0.003	1.005	1.003-1.007	0.000
pH	0.072	0.009-0.579	0.013	0.018	0.002-0.167	0.000	0.006	0.001-0.047	0.000
Chloride	1.004	0.977-1.032	0.763	1.020	0.990-1.051	0.188	1.003	0.998-1.052	0.071

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