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Table 4 Odds Ratios* for Hospital Mortality Stratifiedby APR-DRG Risk of Mortality: Nesiritide compared to No Nesiritide

From: Outcomes of patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure: does nesiritide make a difference?

APR-DRG risk of mortality score

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

1 or 2 (n = 18,334)

1.20 (0.69–2.10)

3 (n = 5442)

0.87 (0.59–1.27)

4 (n = 1554)

1.18 (0.85–1.64)

Total (n = 25,330)

 
  1. * Adjusted for the nine medications listed in Table 1