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Table 5 Univariate analysis for independent predictors of mortality

From: Outcomes following operative vs. non-operative management of blunt traumatic pancreatic injuries: a retrospective multi-institutional study

Variable

Dead

Alive

P value

Median ISS

25.0

9.0

0.014

Blood transfusion (%)

88.9

25.0

0.0005

Chest injury (%)

66.7

26.9

0.050

Other abdominal injuries (%)

100.0

51.0

0.008

Head injury (%)

25.0

9.6

0.232

Spinal fractures (%)

12.5

5.8

0.445

Long bone fractures (%)

25.0

15.4

0.610

Pelvic fractures (%)

33.3

3.9

0.020

ICU admission (%)

100.0

61.5

0.024

30-day readmission rate (%)

0.0

7.8

1.000

30-day operation post-discharge (%)

0.0

3.9

1.000

Post-injury pancreatitis (%)

0.0

40.4

0.022

Post-injury pseudocyst (%)

0.0

5.8

1.000

Post-injury pancreatic hematoma (%)

22.2

9.6

0.273

Post-injury pancreatic necrosis (%)

11.1

5.8

0.481

Endocrine insufficiency (%)

0.0

1.9

1.000

Abdominal fluid collection (%)

77.8

38.5

0.065

TPN requirement (%)

25.8

33.3

1.000

Median laboratory values

 AST

76.0

52.0

0.422

 ALT

70.0

37.5

0.492

 Lipase

70.0

261.3

0.067

 Amylase

33.0

123.0

0.039

 Bicarbonate

18.8

24.0

0.026

 Lactate

2.2

3.2

0.376

  1. ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ICU intensive care unit, ISS injury severity score, TPN total parenteral nutrition
  2. The italicized values are values that are at or below the statistical level of significance (0.05)