Table 4 Adjusted effects of exposure days on daily ambulance diversions due to EICU occupancy.

From: Association of emergency intensive care unit occupancy due to brain-dead organ donors with ambulance diversion

Variables

Adjusted OR

95% CI

Exposure days

1.47

0.88–2.43

The number of ambulance acceptances

1.04

0.98–1.11

The presence or absence of rejections due to specialist unavailability

0.97

0.62–1.53

The number of COVID-19 beds occupied

1.18

0.89–1.58

Daily count of patients receiving CRRT

1.12

0.82–1.50

Daily count of patients receiving ECMO

0.99

0.42–2.17

Timeframe (per 3-month period)

 From August 1, 2021, to January 31, 2022

Reference

 From February 1, 2022, to July 31, 2022

1.53

0.71–3.37

 From August 1, 2022, to January 31, 2023

3.13

1.49–6.90

 From February 1, 2023, to July 31, 2023

2.58

1.28–5.45

  1. Exposure days are defined as any days from the clinical confirmation of brain death in a patient until organ procurement.
  2. EICU emergency intensive care unit, OR odds ratio, CI confidence intervals, COVID-19 ARS-CoV-2, CRRT continuous renal replacement therapy, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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