Table 5.

Select parameters compared with alkali and acid ingestion groups

Variables	Alkali (n = 96)	Acid		P†
		HCL (n = 94)	Other acid (n = 83)
Hospital Stay (days)	8 (4,16)	8 (3,14)	7 (3,13)	0.0419*
Expired	6 (6.25)	18 (6.59)	7(8.43)	0.8073
Time to Expired (days)	15 (11–16)	15.5 (11–23)	22 (13–32)	--
ICU Admission	12 (12.50)	29 (10.62)	8 (9.64)	0.5074
Systemic Complication	27 (28.13)	56 (20.51)	13 (15.66)	0.0525
Aspiration Pneumonia	13 (13.54)	31 (11.36)	8 (9.64)	0.5188
Respiratory Failure	10 (10.42)	21 (7.69)	6 (7.23)	0.1874
DIC	4 (4.17)	10 (3.66)	4 (4.82)	0.4754
Hepatic	7 (7.29)	10 (3.66)	1 (1.20)	0.0511
Renal	3 (3.13)	7 (2.56)	2 (2.41)	0.6618
GI Complication	36 (37.50)	76 (27.84)	15 (18.07)	0.0818
Stricture	31 (32.29)	66 (27.84)	12 (14.46)	0.1855
Bleeding	7 (7.29)	13 (4.76)	3 (3.61)	0.1776
Perforation	4 (4.17)	6 (2.20)	2 (2.41)	0.0728
Fistula	1 (1.04)	2 (0.73)	1 (1.20)	0.4492

^†Wald's Chi-Square test

* P < 0.05 statistical significance

Data presented as median (range) or number (%).