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Table 4 Predictors of ICU LOS longer than two days by multiple logistic regression

From: Hypothermia in a surgical intensive care unit

Variable

Odds ratio (95% CI)

p-value

ASA III/IV

3.4 (1.3 – 9.0)

0.012

SAPS II

1.1 (1.1 – 1.1)

<0.001

Intravenous crystalloids (L.)

1.3 (1.0–1.7)

0.023

  1. Model adjusted to: temperature on admission, previous temperature in the ward, magnitude of surgery, type of anesthesia, use of temperature monitoring, use of warming technique, total intravenous crystalloids, total packed erythrocytes, duration of anesthesia, BMI, ASA and SAPS II score.
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BMC Anesthesiology

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