Table 1.
Demographics and outcome of hypoglycemic and control patients.
| No hypoglycemic event |
One or more hypoglycemic events |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n | 568 | 192 | |
| Gender | 0.7335 | ||
| male n (%) | 371 (65.3) | 128 (66.7) | |
| Ethnicity (n=559; n=191) | 0.2849 | ||
| African American n | 35 (6.3) | 19 (10.0) | |
| Caucasian n | 89 (15.9) | 24 (12.6) | |
| Hispanic n | 430 (76.9) | 146 (76.4) | |
| Other n | 5 (0.9) | 2 (1.0) | |
| Age at Admit (years) | 7.1 ± 5.1 | 7.9± 5.6 | 0.067 |
| Type of burn | 0.0015 | ||
| Flame n (%) | 363 (63.9) | 154 (80.2) | |
| Electrical n (%) | 46 (8.1) | 9 (4.7) | |
| Scald n (%) | 141 (24.8) | 26 (13.5) | |
| Metabolic n (%) | 12 (2.11) | 2 (1.04) | |
| Other n (%) | 6 (1.1) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Burn size | |||
| % TBSA burn (total) | 51.2 ± 15.8 | 66.1 ± 17.9 | <0.001 |
| % TBSA third degree | 32.3 ± 23.9 | 54.9 ± 26.6 | <0.001 |
| Time from burn to admit*(days) | 2 (1–5) | 2 (1–3) | 0.00034 |
| Inhalation Injury n (%) | 163 (28.7) | 102 (53.1) | <0.0001 |
| Clinical outcomes | |||
| Number OR visits (number) | 3 (1–4) | 5 (3–8) | <0.0001 |
| Time between OR (days) (n=424; n=175) | 4.7 ± 1.9 | 5.0 ± 1.8 | 0.052 |
| LOS ICU (days)* | 20 (12–30) | 32 (21.5–55.5) | <0.001 |
| LOS/TBSA | 0.5 ± 0.3 | 0.6 ± 0.4 | <0.001 |
| Died n (%) | 19 (3.3) | 49 (25.5) | <0.0001 |
| Max DENVER2 | 3.1 ± 1.3 | 4·8 ± 2.2 | <0.001 |
| MOF n (%) | 57 (10.0) | 92 (47.9) | <0.0001 |
| Sepsis n (%) | 37 (6.5) | 41 (21.4) | <0.0001 |
| Number Infections (n=257; 120)* | 0 (0–1) | 1 (0–3) | <0.001 |
*
Medians and interquartile ranges (IQR) reported. All the other continuous variables are expressed as mean±standard deviation.