Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Significant predictors of postoperative sepsis for orthopedic trauma patients
From: Incidence and predictive risk factors of postoperative sepsis in orthopedic trauma patients
Risk factor | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | |||
 Male gender | 1.5 | 1.0–2.2 | 0.046 |
Preoperative risk factors | |||
 Use of ventilator | 15.1 | 2.8–81.5 | 0.002 |
 Pain at rest | 2.8 | 1.1–7.2 | 0.036 |
 History of sepsis | 2.6 | 1.7–4.0 | <0.001 |
 Functional dependence | 2.3 | 1.4–3.7 | 0.001 |
 Hypertension | 2.1 | 1.3–3.3 | 0.003 |
 Corticosteroid use | 2.1 | 1.2–4.0 | 0.016 |
 ASA score >2 | 2.1 | 1.1–3.7 | 0.016 |