Table 3.

Demographic characteristics of patients with and without infectious complications.

	Infection (n=57)	No Infection (n=96)	p value
Age	41.5 ± 15.8	39.6 ± 17.1	0.50
Blunt/penetrating (%)	82.5/17.5	63.5/36.5	0.01
Male/Female (%)	75.4/24.6	80.2/19.8	0.49
Injury severity score	32.3 ± 14.3	22.7 ± 14.9	0.0003
Head AIS	1.9 ± 2.0	1.1 ± 1.8	0.002
Chest AIS	2.7 ± 1.7	1.9 ± 1.9	0.002
Abd AIS	2.3 ± 1.6	1.6 ± 1.5	0.01
First base excess	−7.6 ± 4.3	−9.0 ± 6.1	0.13
First lactate	3.9 ± 1.7	4.2 ± 2.8	0.55
ICU Length of stay	16.2 ± 14.7	5.1 ± 5.0	<0.0001
Hosp Length of stay	40.5 ± 34.5	15.2 ± 14.7	<0.0001
Mortality (%)	8.8	13.5	0.38
PRBCs in first 24 hrs	9.6 ± 6.8	10.1 ± 9.9	0.72

AIS=Abbreviated Injury Score; ICU=Intensive Care Unit; PRBCs=Packed Red Blood Cells