Table 3 Patient characteristics associated with escalation of carea
Characteristic | Univariate | Multivariate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coeff | p value | 95% CI | Coeff | p value | 95% CI | |
Age | ||||||
1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1- < 5 years | 0 | 1 | -0.74–0.74 | -0.30 | 0.3 | -0.88–0.27 |
5- < 12 years | 1 | 0.085 | -0.14–2.14 | -0.75 | 0.5 | -1.27–0.57 |
≥ 12 years | 1 | 0.032 | 0.09–1.91 | -0.77 | 0.06 | -1.56–0.02 |
Chronic disease | -2 | < 0.001 | -2.5—-1.45 | -0.90 | 0.01 | -1.61-—1.20 |
Diagnosis | ||||||
Respiratory | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cardiovascular | -1 | 0.005 | -1.7—0.3 | -0.63 | 0.09 | -1.44- 0.09 |
Neurological | -1 | 0.05 | -2–0.01 | -0.07 | 0.89 | -1.05–0.91 |
Onco-haematological | 0 | 1 | -0.84–0.84 | 0.72 | 0.15 | -0.27–1.71 |
Other | 0 | 1 | -1.7–1.7 | 0.16 | 0.88 | -1.05–1.91 |
Isolation | 1 | 0.001 | 0.42–1.58 | 0.67 | 0.009 | 0.17–1.17 |
Medical devices | 0 | 1 | -0.64–0.64 | 0.32 | 0.27 | -0.27–0.97 |
Medications (≥ 10) | -1 | 0.001 | -1.59–0.4 | -0.60 | 0.04 | -1.19- -0.02 |
Transitions | ||||||
No transitions | - | - | - | - | - | - |
24 h from ER or primary service | 2 | < 0.001 | 1.40–2.60 | 0.47 | 0.18 | -0.21–1.15 |
48 h from PICU | 0 | 1 | -0.84–0.84 | - 0.67 | 0.13 | -1.53–0.21 |
48 h from other wards | 1 | 0.07 | -0.1–2.1 | -0.23 | 0.68 | -1.35–0.89 |
Maximum BPEWS | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.02–0.2 | 0.21 | < 0.001 | 0.12–0.30 |