From: Quantifying the impact of inhalational burns: a prospective study
Non-inhalational burns n = 167 | Inhalational burns n = 35 | p value, U | |
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Number of surgery sessions, median (IQR) | 1 (1–1) | 3 (0–10) | 0.003, U = 3552 |
Length of stay (days), median (IQR) | 8 (5–12) | 21 (4–43) | 0.004, U = 3582 |
Average length of stay/%TBSA (sum of length of stay/sum of %TBSA) | 1.307 | 0.976 | NA |
Length of ICU stay (days), median (IQR) | 0 (0–0) | 3 (0–10) | < 0.001, U = 4785 |
Average length of ICU stay/%TBSA (sum of length of ICU stay/sum of %TBSA) | 0.020 | 0.313 | NA |
Days on IV antibiotics, median (IQR) | 3 (1–6) | 9.5 (0–28.25) | 0.014, U = 3552 |
Average days on IV antibiotics/%TBSA (Sum of days of IV antibiotics/sum of %TBSA) | 0.580 | 0.474 | NA |
Days of mechanical ventilation, median (IQR) | 0 (0–0) | 2 (0–10) | < 0.001 |
Initial P/F ratio, median (IQR) | 532.6 (316.8–678.9) | 370.4 (291.8–554.2) | 0.191 |
Lowest P/F ratio in 2 days from admission, median (IQR) | 518.5 (372.0–689.5) | 253.6 (202.7–408.4) | 0.026 |
Lowest P/F ratio in 7 days from admission, median (IQR) | 518.5 (372.0–689.5) | 246.8 (181.5–389.4) | 0.018 |
Admission to HD, n (%) | 46 (27.5) | 31(88.6) | < 0.001 |
Admission to ICU, n (%) | 10 (6.0) | 22 (62.9) | < 0.001 |
Intubation, n (%) | 4 (2.4) | 22 (62.8) | < 0.001 |
Mortality, n (%) | 1 (0.6) | 6 (17.1) | < 0.001 |
AKI, n (%) | 2 (1.2) | 13 (37.1) | < 0.001 |
ARDS, n (%) | 1 (0.6) | 17 (48.6) | < 0.001 |
Bacteraemia, n (%) | 4 (2.4) | 11 (31.4) | < 0.001 |
Pneumonia, n (%) | 2 (1.2) | 13 (37.1) | < 0.001 |
Burn wound infection, n (%) | 42 (25.1) | 18 (51.4) | 0.004 |