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Table 4 Prognostic factors of death in patients presenting with shock at presentation to the ED – Cox regression

From: Shock in the emergency department; a 12 year population based cohort study

  

0–7 days

 

8–90 days

N, total (%)

N, died (%)

Crude HR (95 % CI)

p Value

Adjusted HR (95 % CI) a

p Value

N, died (%)

Crude HR (95 % CI)

p Value

Adjusted HR (95 % CI) a

p Value

Gender

           

 Female (reference)

761 (46.2)

167 (21.9)

1

 

1

 

133 (22.4)

1

 

1

 

 Male

885 (53.8)

213 (24.1)

1.12 (0.91–1.37)

0.289

1.10 (0.90–1.35)

0.354

157 (23.4)

1.05 (0.83–1.32)

0.686

1.03 (0.82–1.30)

0.813

Age (continous)

  

1.03 (1.03–1.04)

<0.001

1.03 (1.03–1.04)

<0.001

 

1.04 (1.04–1.05)

<0.001

1.04 (1.03–1.05)

<0.001

Comorbidity level

           

 0 (reference)

495 (30.1)

95 (19.2)

1

 

1

 

53 (13.3)

1

 

1

 

 1 to 2

627 (38.1)

134 (21.4)

1.13 (0.87–1.47)

0.372

0.85 (0.65–1.11)

0.229

106 (21.5)

1.71 (1.23–2.37)

0.001

1.23 (0.88–1.71)

0.229

  >2

524 (31.8)

151 (28.8)

1.56 (1.21–2.02)

0.001

1.10 (0.85–1.43)

0.470

131 (22.9)

3.06 (2.22–4.20)

<0.001

2.03 (1.47–2.80)

<0.001

Number of organ failures

           

 1 (reference)

1,155 (70.2)

206 (17.8)

1

 

1

 

189 (19.9)

1

 

1

 

 2

389 (23.6)

126 (32.4)

1.96 (1.57–2.44)

<0.001

1.90 (1.53–2.38)

<0.001

85 (32.3)

1.78 (1.37–2.30)

<0.001

1.76 (1.36–2.28)

<0.001

 3+

102 (6.2)

48 (47.1)

3.08 (2.25–4.22)

<0.001

3.13 (2.28–4.30)

<0.001

16 (29.6)

1.67 (1.00–2.79)

0.048

1.75 (1.05–2.92)

0.033

  1. aCox proportional hazard model adjusted for sex, age as a continuous variable, Charlson comorbidity level (0, 1–2, >2) and number of organ failures. Patients who died during the first 7 days after admission were excluded from the analyses of 8- to 90-day mortality