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Table 1 Patient and injury characteristics and outcome in two BICU cohorts

From: Ventilation strategies in burn intensive care: A retrospective observational study

 

2005/06 cohort (n = 12)

2010/2011 cohort (n = 12)

P-value

Male

9/12 (75.0%)

7/12 (58.3%)

0.666*

Age (years)

49 (18–69)

39 (21–77)

0.260

Weight (kg)

72 (55–109)

75 (60–99)

0.794

% TBSA†

37.5 (15–75)

31.5 (15–90)

0.355

Inhalation injury

9/12 (75.0%)

5/12 (41.7%)

0.214*

Tracheostomy

4/12 (33.3%)

6/12 (50.0%)

0.340*

Trauma

1/12 (8.3%)

0/12

0.307

APACHE II

25 (8–37)

25 (14–35)

0.772

RTS‡

7.84 (5.97–7.84)

7.84 (4.56–7.84)

0.940

Length of BICU stay (days)

15 (1–37)

15 (2–54)

0.453

Mortality

7/12 (58.0%)

3/12 (25.0%)

0.214*

  1. Values are median (range) or number (proportion): P-value (Mann-Whitney U or Fisher’s exact test*). APACHE II = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, BICU = Burn intensive care unit, TBSA = Total burn surface area, RTS = Revised trauma score.