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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Apr;76(4):1096–1102. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000180

TABLE 2.

Complications in HU and all Combined Boarding Patients

HU (n = 7,793) All Boarded (BUSF + BUDF) (n = 833) p Univariate p Multivariate*
Aspiration pneumonia 168 (2.2%) 28 (3.4%) 0.02 0.009
VAP 342 (4.4%) 38 (4.6%) 0.44 0.132
Pneumonia otherwise not specified 116 (1.5%) 18 (2.2%) 0.09 0.11
Pneumonitis 70 (0.9%) 7 (0.8%) 0.53 0.71
ARDS 141 (1.8%) 10 (1.2%) 0.12 0.28
ALI 223 (2.9%) 19 2.3 (%) 0.20 0.57
Self-extubation 147 (1.9%) 10 (1.2%) 0.10 0.15
Reintubation 257 (3.3%) 26 (3.1%) 0.44 0.71
Delirium 260 (3.3%) 24 (2.9%) 0.28 1.0
Any complication (excluding death) 1,116 (14.3%) 130 (15.6%) 0.17 0.006
ICU death 392 (4.9%) 49 (5.9%) 0.16 0.11
*

Controlling for ICU LOS, APACHE II, and trauma/ESS ratio.