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Table 3 Logistic regression analyses predicting in-hospital mortality for RSCL patients, based only on the lethal triad

From: Damage control operations in non-trauma patients: defining criteria for the staged rapid source control laparotomy in emergency general surgery

Variablea

Unadjusted modela

Adjusted multivariable modelb

OR (95 % CI)

p-valuec

OR (95 % CI)

p-valuec

Lethal Triad:

 Hypothermia (temp ≤ 35C)

0.83 (0.16–4.19)

0.8205

0.70 (0.13–3.74)

0.5330

 Coagulopathy (INR ≥ 1.7)

1.53 (0.36–6.55)

0.5680

1.52 (0.34–6.87)

0.5884

 Acidosis (pH ≤ 7.25)

1.92 (0.60–6.15)

0.2703

1.70 (0.47–6.09)

0.4167

  1. RSCL rapid source control laparotomy, C Celsius, INR international normalized ratio
  2. aUnadjusted univariate analyses were used to test an independent variables’s predictive ability on in-hospital mortality
  3. bModel covariates for mortality were chosen by full selection
  4. c P-value of <0.05 significant