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Table 2 Multivariate analysis of airway management for patients with DNSA in the training cohort

From: A novel risk score for the prediction of airway management in patients with deep neck space abscess: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Predictors

OR (95% CI)

p

Multispace involvement

6.42 (1.79–23.07)

0.004

Gas formation

4.95 (2.04–12.00)

< 0.001

Dyspnea

10.35 (3.47–30.89)

< 0.001

Regions of infection

 Infrahyoid

Reference

 

 Suprahyoid

4.80 (0.53–43.30)

0.162

 Retropharyngeal

20.75 (2.04–211.35)

0.010

NEUT%

1.10 (1.02–1.18)

0.015

PLR

1.01 (1.00–1.01)

0.010

Albumin

0.86 (0.80–0.92)

< 0.001

  1. DNSA deep neck space abscess, NEUT% percentage of neutrophile, PLR platelet count to lymphocyte count ratio, RBC red blood cell, Hb hemoglobin, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval