Table 1 Patient demographics of overall study
From: Sodium variability is associated with increased mortality in severe burn injury
Patient demographic | |
|---|---|
Males | 164 |
Females | 48 |
Lived | 183 |
Died | 29 |
Burn area (%TBSA) | 32 ± 19 |
Age (years) | 44.6 ± 18 |
ICU stay (median days) | 22 (15–39) |
Mechanical ventilation (median days) | 2 (0–15) |
Acute renal failure | 38 |
Chronic renal failure | 4 |
Dialysis | 2 |
Sodium measurements (median) | 22 (12–51) |
Mean sodium concentration (meq/l) | 135.5 ± 2.4 |
Mean sodium standard deviation | 2.9 ± 1.1 |