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Table 5 Univariate analysis of mortality in elderly bedridden patients with hip fracture and lower respiratory tract infection

From: Elderly patients with concurrent hip fracture and lower respiratory tract infection: the pathogens and prognosis over different bedridden periods

Number Variable OR (95% CI) P
1 Age 1.10 (1.01–1.20) 0.025
2 Bedridden time after hip fracture 1–12 month, 1.37 (0.21–8.80) 0.003
Reference, < 1 month > 12 month, 8.60 (2.18–33.9)
3 Indwelling nasal feeding 9.16 (2.70, 31.1) < 0.001
4 Number of hospitalizations in the past year 1.47 (1.09–1.98) 0.011
5 Days of hospitalization 1.04 (1.01–1.08) 0.027
6 Serum albumin level 0.79 (0.68–0.90) < 0.001
7 Infection with drug-resistant fungus 7.55 (2.19, 26.1) 0.001
8 Infection with drug-resistant bacteria 10.7 (3.22–35.4) < 0.001
9 Third-generation cephalosporins (without enzyme inhibitors) 3.17 (1.09–9.24) 0.034
10 Antibiotics need to be upgraded 7.68 (2.41–24.4) < 0.001
11 Numbers of antibiotics upgrade M 2.27 (1.43–3.61) < 0.001
12 Use of antifungal drugs 5.50 (1.81–16.7) 0.003
13 Use of glucocorticoids during antibiotic therapy Oral, 5.06 (0.41–62.1) < 0.001
Reference, not used Intravenous, 81 (8.96–732)
14 Use of glucocorticoids 30.4 (6.81–135) < 0.001
15 Parenteral nutrition support 8.43 (2.70–26.4) < 0.001
16 Tracheal intubation or tracheotomy 4.86 (1.15–20.5) 0.031
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