Success (n = 84) | Failure (n = 20)# | p value | OR (95% CI) | |
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Age—year | 76 [61–81] | 75 [68–88] | 0.15 | 1.02 (0.99–1.06) |
Male sex—no. (%) | 45 (54%) | 7 (35%) | 0.13 | 0.47 (0.17–1.28) |
SOFA Score | 3 [2–4] | 4 [2–5] | 0.21 | 1.18 (0.91–1.53) |
APACHE Score | 10 [7–14] | 11 [10–15] | 0.003 | 1.59 (1.09–4.17) |
Charlson’s Comorbidity Index | 4 [3–6] | 6 [5–8] | 0.004 | 1.29 (1.07–1.55) |
Comorbidities—no. (%)* | ||||
COPD | 29 (35%) | 9 (45%) | 0.39 | 1.55 (0.58–4.17) |
Others respiratory | 22 (26%) | 3 (15%) | 0.27 | 0.50 (0.13–1.86) |
Malignancies | 15 (18%) | 6 (30%) | 0.24 | 1.97 (0.65–5.97) |
Congestive heart failure | 10 (12%) | 3 (15%) | 0.71 | 1.31 (0.32–5.26) |
Cardiac | 14 (17%) | 5 (25%) | 0.40 | 1.67 (0.52–5.33) |
Hypertension | 32 (38%) | 4 (20%) | 0.11 | 0.41 (0.12–1.32) |
Hepatic | 4 (5%) | 1 (5%) | 0.96 | 1.05 (0.11–9.96) |
Renal | 7 (8%) | 1 (5%) | 0.60 | 0.58 (0.07–4.99) |
Diabetes mellitus | 7 (8%) | 2 (10%) | 0.81 | 1.22 (0.23–6.38) |
Neurologic | 8 (10%) | 2 (10%) | 0.95 | 1.05 (0.21–5.40) |
Immunocompromised—no. (%)§ | 20 (24%) | 6 (30%) | 0.57 | 1.37 (0.46–4.04) |
Reason for hospital admission—no. (%) | ||||
Respiratory | 63 (75%) | 12 (60%) | 0.19 | 0.5 (0.18–1.39) |
Surgery | 5 (6%) | 1 (5%) | 0.87 | 0.83 (0.09–7.54) |
Extrapulmonary sepsis | 3 (4%) | 2 (10%) | 0.27 | 3 (0.47–19.28) |
Cardiac | 3 (4%) | 2 (10%) | 0.27 | 3 (0.47–19.28) |
Mixed cardiac—respiratory | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.51 | [–] |
Others | 9 (10%) | 3 (15%) | 0.60 | 1.47 (0.36–6.02) |
Cause of acute respiratory failure—no. (%) | ||||
Community-acquired pneumonia | 43 (51%) | 9 (45%) | 0.62 | 0.78 (0.29–2.08) |
Hospital-acquired pneumonia | 13 (16%) | 3 (15%) | 0.96 | 0.96 (0.25–3.76) |
COPD | 11 (13%) | 2 (10%) | 0.70 | 0.73 (0.15–3.62) |
Others respiratory | 6 (7%) | 1 (5%) | 0.72 | 0.68 (0.08–6.03) |
Cardiac failure | 5 (6%) | 5 (25%) | 0.02 | 5.26 (1.36–20.46) |
Mixed cardiac—respiratory | 6 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 0.10 | [–] |
Bilateral infiltrates in chest radiograph—no. (%) | 29 (35%) | 11 (55%) | 0.09 | 2.32 (0.86–6.23) |
Death—no (%) | 6 (7%) | 10 (50%)$ | < 0.001 | 13 (3.89–43.48) |