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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2012 Feb 17;214(4):478–488. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.12.015

Table 2. Outcomes for Trauma Population With and Without Severe Head Injuries.

Variable Severe head injury
(n=335)
No severe head injury
(n=687)
p Value
Hospital mortality 13.4% 9.3% 0.04
ICU Infection 50.1% 46.7% 0.32
No. of ICU infections 1.0 [1.0] 0.0 [1.0] 0.60
  Blood stream infection 24.2% 35.4% 0.06
  Ventilator associated pneumonia 29.6% 25.9% 0.23
  Urinary tract infection 15.2% 13.5% 0.72
  Catheter-related infection 13.1% 10.7% 0.56
  Wound infection 4.0% 8.4% 0.22
  Abdominal infection 2.0% 5.1% 0.34
  CNS/CSF infection - - n/a
Hospital length of stay, d 18.0 [15.0] 17.0 [15.0] 0.62
ICU Length of stay, d 9.0 [8.0] 9.0 [9.0] 0.34