Table 4.
Demographics and outcome of propensity matched patients.
Control | Hypoglycemia | p value | Standardized difference (%) |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
n | (N=166) | (N=166) | ||
Gender male n (%) | 111 (66.9) | 110 (66.3) | 0.91 | −1.27 |
Age at admit (years) | 8.3± 5.4 | 7.6 ± 5.6 | 0.28 | −11.8 |
Type of burn | 0.99 | |||
Flame n (%) | 131 (78.9) | 130 (78.3) | ||
Electrical n (%) | 12 (7.2) | 9 (5.4) | ||
Scald n (%) | 21 (12.7) | 24 (14.5) | ||
Metabolic n (%) | 2 (1.2) | 2 (1.2) | ||
Other n (%) | 0 | 1 (0.6) | ||
Burn size | ||||
% TBSA burn (total) | 63.5 ± 17.3 | 63.0 ± 16.9 | 0.61 | −3.0 |
% TBSA third degree | 49.5 ± 25.2 | 50.3 ± 25.5 | 0.56 | 3.2 |
Time from burn to admit | 2 (1–4) | 2(1–4) | 0.65 | −6.7 |
Inhalation Injury n (%) | 81 (48.8) | 80 (48.2) | 0.90 | −1.2 |
Clinical outcomes | ||||
Number OR visits | 4 (2–6) | 5 (3–7) | 0.0018 | |
Time between OR (days) | 5.3 ± 1.9 | 5.0 ± 1.7 | 0.067 | |
LOS ICU (days) | 30 (19–45) | 32 (22–50) | 0.074 | |
LOS/TBSA | 0.57± 0.38 | 0.62 ± 0.39 | 0.058 | |
Mortality n (%) | 11 (6.6) | 34 (20.5) | 0.0002 | |
Max DENVER2 | 3.6 ± 1.3 | 4.6 ± 2.1 | <0.0001 | |
MOF n (%) | 30 (18.1) | 71 (42.8) | <0.0001 | |
Sepsis n (%) | 16 (9.6) | 30 (18.1) | 0.020 | |
Number Infections | 0 (0–3) | 1 (0–3) | 0.16 |