Risk factors for death in patients with non-infectious adverse events

Authors

  • Gilcilene Oliveira Gadelha Secretaria Municipal de Saúde; Unidade Básica de Saúde Francisco Taveira
  • Hémilly Caroline da Silva Paixão
  • Patricia Rezende do Prado Universidade Federal do Acre
  • Renata Andréa Pietro Pereira Viana Hospital do Servidor Público
  • Thatiana Lameira Maciel Amaral Universidade Federal do Acre

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2069.3001

Keywords:

Critical Care, Intensive Care Units, Risk Factors, Mortality, Patient Safety, Nursing

Abstract

Objetive: to identify risk factors for death in patients who have suffered non-infectious adverse events. Method: a retrospective cohort study with patients who had non-infectious Adverse Events (AE) in an Intensive Care Unit. The Kaplan Meier method was used to estimate the conditional probability of death (log-rank test 95%) and the risk factors associated with death through the Cox regression. Results: patients over 50 years old presented a risk 1.57 times higher for death; individuals affected by infection/sepsis presented almost 3 times the risk. Patients with a Simplified Acute Physiology Score III (SAPS3) greater than 60 points had four times higher risk for death, while those with a Charlson scale greater than 1 point had approximately two times higher risk. The variable number of adverse events was shown as a protection factor reducing the risk of death by up to 78%. Conclusion: patients who had suffered an adverse event and who were more than 50 years of age, with infection/sepsis, greater severity, i.e., SAPS 3>;30 and Charlson>;1, presented higher risk of death. However, the greater number of AEs did not contributed to the increased risk of death.

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Published

2018-01-01

Issue

Vol. 26 (2018)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Risk factors for death in patients with non-infectious adverse events. (2018). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 26, e3001. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2069.3001