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Table 3 Patient and injury characteristics and outcome in BICU patients with and without inhalation injury

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

 

No inhalation injury (n = 10)

Inhalation injury (n = 14)

P-value

Male

6/10 (60.0%)

10/14 (71.4%)

0.673*

Age (years)

38.0 (18–77)

46.5 (27–59)

0.660

Weight (kg)

68.0 (38–95)

73.5 (60–100)

0.252

% TBSA†

34.0 (15–90)

34.5 (15–75)

0.837

Tracheostomy

4/10 (40.0%)

6/14 (42.9%)

0.610*

Trauma

0/10

1/14 (7.1%)

1.000*

APACHE II

23.5 (8–35)

26 (19–37)

0.128

RTS

7.84 (7.10–7.84)

7.84 (4.65–7.84)

0.488

Length of BICU stay (days)

21.0 (3–54)

11.5 (1–42)

0.089

Mortality

3/10 (30%)

7/14 (50%)

0.421*

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