Table 1 |
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Baseline characteristics |
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Patients with burn injuries with inhalation trauma (n = 11) |
Control patients (n = 15) |
P value |
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Age (years) |
38 (26-43) |
74 (62-77) |
< 0.001a |
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Male sex (%) |
72.7 |
66.7 |
0.75 |
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LIS on admission |
1.38 (0.94-1.75)b |
1.25 (1.00-1.75) |
0.82 |
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Burn injuries |
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TBSA (%) |
25 (14-48) |
- |
- |
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TBSA third-degree burns (%) |
8 (1-39.5) |
- |
- |
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Admission diagnosis |
- |
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Burn injuries with inhalation trauma |
11 |
- |
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Postoperative complication |
- |
1 |
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Neurologic |
- |
3 |
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Sepsis |
- |
1 |
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Asthma cardiale (after MI) |
- |
1 |
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Trauma |
- |
2 |
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Resuscitation after cardiac arrest |
- |
7 |
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Data represent median (interquartile range). Comparison between groups was done by using the Mann-Whitney U test. LIS, Lung Injury Score; MI, myocardial infarction; TBSA, total body surface area burned. aSignificant. bLung Injury Score of one patient was missing. |
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Backes et al. Critical Care 2011 15:R270 doi:10.1186/cc10550 |
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