Table 4 Relationship between investigated factors and survival
From: Short-term and long-term outcomes of intrathoracic vacuum therapy of empyema in debilitated patients
Factors | Survival | |
|---|---|---|
HR (95 %-CI) | p-value | |
Age | 1.03 (0.99–1.08) | 0.152 |
Malignancy (yes/no) | 2.37 (0.87–6.41) | 0.091 |
Surgery indication: | ||
Primary empyema | Reference | - |
Postoperative empyema | 0.60 (0.22–1.61) | 0.306 |
Empyema treatment: | ||
OWT-VAC | Reference | - |
Mini-VAC | 0.66 (0.18–2.35) | 0.518 |
Mini-VAC-Instill | 0.61 (0.16–2.29) | 0.460 |
Successful final chest wall closure (yes/no) | 0.81 (0.29–2.31) | 0.695 |